Links

The Web is filled with crap. But in that pile, you can find some really cool stuff. Here's what we think is worth your time.

If you know of sites that really need to be included send them to me with an explanation of where and why the belong and I just may include them.

If you find broken links, please let me know.

Cool Sites	Movies	The Real MRT
Odd Sites	Music	Religious Satire
Game & Activities	TV & Radio	Reference
Monkeys	Reading	For Writers
Wavs

Cool Sites:
Mike's Free Gifs - Some of the coolest gif animations I have been able to find. Good pictures too, but I wouldn't open them at work if I were you
Cool Home Pages - This site features some of the coolest home pages around
Despair.com - A must-see for the pessimist; the opposite of "Successories"
Tacky Mail - A collection of odd postcards for odd places and things
AdFlip - A great site with the best print ads from the past an present
Wu - Who are Wu?
Web Economy Bullshit Generator - It is what it says it is and it's unfortunately more accurate than it should be; I have heard these terms used in meetings
Lego - Those fun little plastic blocks

Odd Sites:
The Exploding Whale - A town disposes of a whale's corpse in possibly the worst way they could have
MC Hawking - You have to hear it to believe it; funny funny stuff
Disturbing Auctions - Some of the strangest stuff that has been up for bids on the net.
Aves Studio - Wisconsin's Finest Taxedermy & Cheese. The trailer truck on the home page (and the store) are located on Wisconsin 35 between Hudson and River Falls (where I went to college) - I passed by this many times and laughed. What's sicker yet is that they really are very good at both.
The Twinkies Project - Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes In Extreme Situations
Cheese Racing - A "fun" "sport" for those of you looking for a new challenge

Games & Activities:
Zeeks.com - Lots of fun & simple games
FreeArcade - A ton of fun games; a bit more advanced than Zeeks
Shockwave - Games and cool animation
Blibs - Online Madlibs
Hot or Not - An addictive site; click, click, click to find out who's hot and who's not
Lightbright - Remember Lightbright? Here's the on-line version
Magnetic Poetry - Read and write poetry just like home or office versions

Monkeys:
Silly Sock Monkeys - Want a good-quality hand-made Sock-Monkey? This is the place to go. She even does custom costumes.
Monkey Madness - Just a fun site about monkeys I found
The Lair of the Marrow Monkey - Okay, this is a little out there, but a fun ride. Check out "Chroma"
Exotic Animal World - A place where you could actually buy a monkey if you were so inclined
Monkey In A Dryer - Okay, I actually went to the site because of the Play-doh, but I stayed for his logo. Be sure you check out his home page.
Atomic Monkey - I can't explain it, you just have to see it
Monkeywire - A site that allows you to stay in touch with all the monkey news there is through an newsletter (no, I have not signed up...yet)
Monkey Town - Our most fierce competition
Project Monkey - An odd collection of strange things
Ninja-Monkey - A freelance artist's page
Ape Child - Primative man at his "finest"
Monkey Phone Call - Know someone who really needs a call from a monkey? Then go here.
100 Monkeys - Help a monkey become the next Shakespeare.

Wavs:
All Wavs - Tons of wavs from many different people, shows and topics
Sound America - Tons of wavs from many different people, shows and topics
Wav Central - Tons of wavs from many different people, shows and topics
Groovy Wavs - A great site for cartoon wavs (South Park, Beavis & Butthead, The Simpsons, etc.
MovieWavs - A HUGE archive of wavs from your favorite movies
South Park Studios - This was going to be a like to beef-cake.com, the best South Park Wavs site out there, but Matt & Trey shut them down, so you'll have to try this instead

Movies:
IMDB - The best, most extensive movie site around
The Cyborg Den - Movie trailers and lots of them
FilmWise - Great movie fun
Atom Films - Cool movies on the web
iFilm - More cool movies on the web
BrickFilms - Your source for great Lego Movies
Bad Astronomy - This guy figures out what's wrong with movies from a purely astronomical point of view - worth a look.

Music:
Artist Direct Network - Info on all your favorite bands & links to sites about them
MP3.com - Little known artists; lots of music to download; no Napster issues here. I recommend the Electronic section (very good stuff there)
Ninja Tune - Home to Amon Tobin and other music wizards
Tool - My favorite band; this is the best site for info on them, but not their official home

TV & Radio:
TiVo - If you don't have one, get one! This is the coolest invention since the TV

ABC
Bravo
CBS
CNN
Discovery
Fox
HBO
NBC

XM Radio - Finally a radio revolution
Funky Monkey 104
Minnesota Public Radio - The only station worth listening to in the Twin Cities, if you are an "intellectual"

Reading:
The Onion - Great satire; funny "news"
News of the Weird - True news that proves life is often stranger than fiction
Darwin Awards - As a strong believer in "thinning the heard," I love this site; stupid people die in stupid ways
IGN - The best site on the net for all around entertainment information
Classics HomePage - A place to find some classic works in literature on-line
Gutenberg - Homepage of Project Gutenberg, free e-texts of books worth reading
The eText Archive - More stuff to read on the web
The IT Question - The next great technological revolution, or a silly toy? You decide
Bushisms - A site devoted to possibly the dumbest president in history
RinkWorks - There is so much here, you have to see it to believe it
Engrish - Sometimes things just don't translate the way they should
Arts& Letters Daily - Content and articles on all kinds of topics. Not unlike what we are doing here.
Super Comics - Some crazy web comic entertainment

The Real MRT:
Places to Stay - Where you can stay in Belize
Belize - Information on Belize
Hotel in Monkey River Town - A place to stay and a little info about the real Monkey River Town
Information - Information about Monkey River Town

Religious Satire:
Cheesy Jesus - For the cheesiest Christian merchandise you will ever find
Bible Action Figures - The only cheesy Christian merchandise Cheesy Jesus doesn't sell
Jesus of the Week- A very funny site with new pictures of Jesus all the time
Land Over Baptist - Some biting Christian satire; loads of fun
The Church of the SubGenius - Hours of "fake" religion fun
Jesus? - Could it be, "our saviour" back at last?
Dr. Dino - Ministry of Creation Science Evangelism (just for fun -- all you heathens should enjoy this)
The Brick Testement - The Bible According to Legos

Reference:
Dictionary - A great dictionary and thesaurus, as well as a ton of other information
Rhyming Dictionary - Great for the strugling poet or lyricist
Matisse's Glossary - Helpful dictionary for those weird terms like "CGI" and "ASCII" and other stuff...
WordSleuth - Origins of phrases
Bartleby - Dictionary, thesaurus, quotes and more
Quotations Page - If you don't know what this is a resource for, don't go
InfoPlease - News, dictionary, almanac, encyclopedia, quote of the day and more
RefDesk - "The single best source for facts on the web"
GradeSaver - Oh, had I only known of this in college. Texts, summaries, analysis and more of some of the most famous works of literature
Names - Kabalarian website. This site is, I believe, the largest collection of names and their "meanings" available anywhere. If you know of a resource bigger or better, let us know
WebMonkey - Web building and design; a wonderful recourse
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine - Useful travel tips
AllRecipies.com - Need meal ideas? Looking for a new dish? This is a good place to go.
FontMaster - A huge resource for some of the coolest fonts around
Freelity Internet Search - Great way to conduct a specific type of search
How Things Work - You'll just have to check it out to see
Brief History of Haiku - This is for all you poets

For Writers:
Sites:
eWriters - Resource for writers; lots of good information

Books:
The Writer's Market - An annual publication of the information in the website mentioned above
Writer's Market for Novels & Short Stories - Similar to, but more focused than, the book above
The Complete Idiots Guide to Getting Published - It is what it says it is