Places to go, links to explore...

I have decided to include a few of the links that I try to visit whenever I can. Many of these are my personal bookmarks. Some are not. All (in my own opinion) are either amusing, enlightening, disturbing or just plain out-and-out silly.

I have this habit of finding the weirdest crap...

Learn all you can about the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile right here.
Spam's not your thing? How about searching for intelligent life from other star systems? If so, then head to SETI@Home.
When you're finished looking for E.T., then drop by distributed.net to take a crack at...well, cracking various encryption keys.
Izzat a roll of U.S. twenty dollar bills in your pocket, or are you just excited about seeing me naked. Track where that money goes; see where it's been at Where's George. North of the border? Try Where's Willy.
Visit what is probably the best news parody site on the Internet -- The Onion.
The Best Goddamn Homepage Ever. For a laugh, make sure you view the source code.
Man, dems is fugly.

Friends

If you need to know more about me, people at these wonderful places may be able to help out...

Oy vey! Look at the knishes! My friends Pam and Lisa used to have a Web page here, but now their family's catering service took over the space. If you're hungry, visit Desserts Plus Mmm...knishes.
Mmm...smeggy...

Tunage

I may be biased, but a band with TWO guys named "Gord" has to be good. Oh yeah, the Tragically Hip also happens to be one of the most influential and beloved Canadian bands ever. I always forget to mention that part...
I saw them on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and couldn't help adoring them. They're Nashville's Los Straitjackets!
If you're an MP3 whore like me, then you may want to check out some of the better P2P apps, like KaZaA and LimeWire. Just don't let the RIAA catch you...
I use the All Music Guide to do research on albums and artists when listening to and labeling MP3s.

News

Here are some of the sites I frequent when I feel the need to be informed.

What better place to start for news than CNN?
And what better place to get sports info than ESPN ? Be sure to check out the stories and features on Page 2.
Some of the best stories on technology, computer and the Internet can be found at Wired News.
There's an eclectic collection of links to news articles, contests and nudie picks over at Drew Curtis' FARK.com. Come for the wieners, stay for the Wil Wheaton information. No...really.
Before going to work, I check the shitty DFW Metroplex traffic at Traffic.com.
Finally, I keep abreast of the goings-on back home on the National Post Online.

Internet Phenomena

Being as it is, the Internet can make stars out of the oddest people or things. Here is a small collection of some of the sites that have become Web icons.

See if you can Find-The-Spam. This retarded (the only way to explain it) game has had millions of players and has been around since 1995...maybe earlier. This was one of my first links on this page.
Some people need to have their self-esteem fed, like a growing piglet, from the teat of public acceptance. Thus, we get Am I Hot Or Not? For those of us who would rather deflate these same people's self-esteem, we rate their photos and tell them if...well, you get the idea.

I never really grew out of cartoons...

Warning: Some of these links lead to offensive, vulgar and potentially nauseating material. Highly recommended.

Fly the not-so-friendly skies at AIRTOONS.
Red Meat is one helluva twisted look into humanity -- in a Dick Tracy-esque sort of way.
If you have had the misfortune to be like me and worked in the computer technical support field, then you will find User Friendly riotous. Otherwise, it's probably just mildly amusing.

Gord likes getting e-mail almost as much as miniature golf. Cater to his sicko pleasures -- blandscotsman@hotmail.com