specially selected links

	Brad Sucks. Brought to you by the ingenious author of The Fantastic Life and Suicide of Mr. Mary Holiday and Strip Creator. Please consider my page, if nothing else, as a link to these delightful artsy smartsy ventures.
	The Committee for Steam Page -- the Johnny Steam site, as maintained by James Spyker, my friend and mentor. He is the mastermind behind the Toronto edible book fair, the Pocket Protest Kit, the Seeds of Discontent, Your Daily Steam, and New Age Visitor Repellant, among other clever deeds.
	some girls wander by convention -- and so goes the website authored by my dear pal Cruinne/Angela. This is a website I would send fan mail to. It's clever and well-presented and purty, though updated far too infrequently for my liking. The research is stunning. Angela is currently tackling an analysis of the Bush cabinet in painful detail, and has much to say on the matters of terrorism, privacy, and the constitution. Her rants and projects generally span diverse topics of interest between politics and anthropology and wasabi ice cream.
	Ransomworks Press -- the nifty small press run by my good friend Natalie. The press publishes approximately 4 chapbooks a year, and accepts submission of poetry, prose, illustrated cards and children's stories.
	Bob the Angry Flower -- there's really only a very fine distinction between bladder control and complete anarchy, and if you read the Evil Business Guy Made of Butter, you'll understand my dilemma.
	Celeste -- practically the girl next door. She has it in for Noam Chomsky, she turns heads wherever she goes, she is the queen of degrassi trivia and she utterly fascinates me. She has kissed me more than once, but never once meant it.
	Downhill Battle is bogus -- I got a major bee in my bonnet about a new website called downhillbattle.org. Under the guise of criticizing the RIAA, they basically claim that Apple and the iTunes Music Store is the worst thing to happen to the music industry since payola, and the only way to save independent music is to download your music illegally or by pirating CDs.
	talk.origins -- an invaluable resource detailing many commonly misunderstood elements of evolution, as it applies to biology, geology, astronomy and theology. The "debate" between Creation and evolution is a particular, rabid interest of mine, although I have only about as much hard scientific knowledge as a science fiction writer. Which, depending on your perspective, is a heck of a lot or a heck of a little.
	The Straight Dope -- Fighting ignorance since 1973. Busting open urban myths and popular misconceptions for all time.
	Mark Fiore -- Painfully funny and agonizingly poignant political animations. A new one each week.
	Have some fries with that -- they're evil too! Ha ha ha! The McLibel trial was one of the most interesting, notable, and amusing events of the nineteen-nineties. Read on, culture jammers, even if you've never picked up an issue of Adbusters for fear of all those non-stuff-buying hippies.
	Low End Mac -- a website of advocacy and advice for users of low-end Macintosh computers, as well as oodles of commentary and tips about newer systems and Apple in general. I have long since given up my rueful disdain for Macs, and have come to appreciate their power, simplicity, and timelessness. Conversely, I have shied away from the bloodthirsty chase for more megahertz and monstercock desktop systems, and have come to see computers as no more useful than the software they run and the people who use them. See also its sister website, lowendpc.com
	crazy apple rumours -- Until I converted and bought my iBook, the main experience I had with Macintosh computers was the 14-year-old Macintosh SE I bought for a lark (and $20). I am gaining more of a predilection for them every day. Perhaps, at heart, I have so many nice things to say because I'm just hoping they'll pick me for their next "Switch" ad, or maybe throw me an old iMac in the hope that it convinces me to go away. In any case, this website makes me laugh, and there aren't many (non-tragic) things that can do that.
	With rare and notable exceptions, most comic strips are awful. I don't know when talking pets stopped being funny, but the "funny papers" these days starve for wit and originality, and almost none of them make me laugh. Or smile. Or make me want to buy the desk calendar. In contrast, This Modern World is brilliant. Tom Tomorrow successfully blends his sarcastic wit and astute observation of modern culture into hilarious cartoons that actually make you think.
	the carleton league of supervillains -- and I helped! At last, the mysterious organization known far and wide for spreading strange and new ideas (in convenient poster form) has returned to us. If you remember them from back in the day, then please visit again. Conversely, if you've never heard of them before, you also have a great reason to proceed. Most importantly, the subversive posters are back too, in PDF format for easy viewing, downloading and printing. Bon appetit!
	surprisingly useful legal resources -- it just so happens that I'm in law school, so believe me when I tell you that I'm really interested in the way the law works. I have compiled what is, in my opinion, a handy selection of links related to the legal system, especially the Canadian one that I aspire to be a part of. Every link here has proven vital to my own research... if you do similar research, it may well assist you in conducting yours. This section features links to major statutes like the Criminal Code and the Ontario Human Rights Code, and Supreme Court judgments.
	the onion -- Introduced to me by my brilliant and coveted friend Cruinne, it has become the only source of news I ever need (other than the Daily Show), and the only cause for which I could ever sacrifice my principles to become a journalist.
	web page design for designers -- All the information on web design, coding, and layout that you'll ever need. In particular, it contains some very good tips and tricks for properly implementing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
	Eschaton -- timely news and cutting political analysis by one of the most interesting and notable of that emerging class of political bloggers whose readership and influence continues to grow as informed people seek news sources beyond the heavily filtered mainstream media. I read this site daily, and it frequently makes me chuckle, think, and re-evaluate.
	Pandagon -- Another indispensible website that I read each and every day, offering witty commentary and counterspin to the convoluted machinations of the conservative manner or reckoning.
	World O' Crap -- A daily diatribe about bad movies, popular culture, Ann Coulter, and whatever other media-fueled bees get into these entertaining writers' bonnets.
	Sadly, No! -- Written by a Canadian ex-patriate working in Germany, this site (updated daily) provides a fantastic mix of insight, analysis, research and biting humour in undermining the latest fanciful and inaccurate claims by such wonderful right-wing weirdos as Amber Pawlik, Adam Yoshida, Ann Colunter and the rest.
	Whoremet -- "For those on the frontlines of other people's good living." Maintained by my brother, Scott.
	Self-monitoring the monster -- a blog powered by the brilliant, talented, funny, sexy queen bee known as Caira to you and me. She's done a dandy job of it. See also her up-again, down-again website, Faustange.
	A New York Escort's Confessions -- tales of a twenty-something New York escort. While private, the author has an inner exhibitionist that just needs to be let out. She spins a good (and often titillating) yarn, and sent me some great fan mail once.
	Matilda -- For many years, the author of Matilda and I were just about the best of friends, and then one day we stupidly drifted apart for no very good reason. Although I read her blog and zines regularly, I'm too cowardly to drop by in person. Still, there's some good reading on that girl.
	These thoughts of Satnaum -- Satnaum is a dear friend of mine. Satnaum carries the burden of being one of the people who has seen me naked. We've overcome that hurtle together and continue to be close friends despite the miles between us. Since I think so very highly of what she writes, we've made this place not only for her poetry, but her undernourished ego.
	Remembering the Holocaust. -- this is the Nizkor project, dedicated to preserving the truth about the millions of human lives lost in World War II under the racist ideals of the Nazi regime, and dispelling the misinformation spread by Neo Nazis and "Revisionists" who deny the Holocaust.
	The Internet Infidels anti-hegemonic no God stuff. -- Open your mind up without the use of any drugs, crowbars, hammers, spirits, or goofballs. The secular web presents atheism, independent thought and religious enlightenment, bottled and ready for consumption.

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