And Humor, including writing humor and humor about writing. Oddball time-wasters. In science fiction circles, time wasting is referred to as "cat vacuming."
General Humor l Avatars & Icons l Games l Graphic Fun l Link Blogs l Writing Humor
Angry Alien Productions : Cute animated shorts.Bus Songs.com : Find classic children's songs here.
The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects : An elegant site. Color in Motion : Delightful animation. ComedyZone.net : By category, includes quotes from TV.Corsinet.com : Diversions. The Cynic's Sanctuary : Almost a blog, and all about cynicism. Dancing Paul : Needs to be seen to be believed. Might take a while to load.Darwin Awards : People who help clean out the gene pool with their stupidity.Disgruntled Housewife : With an attitude, and a pleasing layout. Dullest Blog in the World : It lives up (or down) to the hype. Exploratorium : "Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception." FutureFeedForward : News from the future. George Carlin : If you have to ask who he is, you have no business on his website. Generator Blog : A blog that compiles generator sites. Hamster Dance : Just plain fun, for when you need a chuckle, or twenty.Harold's Planet : Animation, cartoons, e-cards, entertainment. I Used to Believe : The Childhood Beliefs Site. Improv Everywhere : Taking theater to the streets. Internet Archive : Home of the Wayback Machine, a must for fans of internet sites.Lileks: Tongue-in-cheek home of 1970s Design, and Regrettable Food.Listology : Lists of just about everything. Lord of the Rings : "Slightly Condensed."McSweeney's : Fun lists and things. Makai Media : Flash games. Mosquito : Firefly video spoof. Murphy's Laws : Fairly comprehensive. Nobody Here : Fun animation.Nostalgia Central : Mostly from the '60 til now. Peep Research : Yeah, peeps, those gooey marshmallow chicks.Periodic Table of Dessert : Yes, in the form of the Periodic Table of Elements. Politically Incorrect Alphabet : A bit more fun than A is for Apple. Rather Good.com : Not all for kids, but very funny songs with animation and other oddities. Retroland : For nostalgia lovers. RinkWorks : "Online Entertainment," includes "Fun With Words" (see sidebar), jokes, trivia, and many other amusements. Sniggle.net : "The Culture Jammers Encyclopedia."Spoof Park : Your favorite TV shows, a la "South Park." Not updating (4/07). Subservient Chicken : Interactive silliness. Taquitos.net : All you could ever want to know about snack food.Time Capsule : For the date you were born, or any other. Fun to play with.Traffic Cone Preservation Society : Just what we all need. Urban Legends : Find out what’s true and what’s not on Snopes.com. Winchester Mystery House Story : Inspiration for at least one book. Woogle: Words in Pictures : Illustrate words and phrases with this search tool.
See Blogs and Graphic Downloads for more.
Candybar Dollmaker : Lots of features and fairly realistic results.Hero Machine : Addictive graphic, action hero generator.Pimp My Doll : With nice backgrounds. Reasonably Clever : Make your Mini-mizer" and "blockhead" personas here. South Park Create-a-Character : To use as an icon.South Park Studio : Another South Park icon maker.
Boomshine : A simple, addictive game.Cat Bowling : Need we say more? The perfect diversion. Clay Kitten Shooting : No actual kittens were harmed in this fun time waster. Games Kids Play : For kids of all ages.Garage Door Tennis : An obsession of Shelly's.Googlewhacking : “The search for the one true Googlewhack.” One search, one hit. There are rules. JigZone.com : Online jigsaw puzzles, nicely done. StreetPlay : Everything you wanted to know about urban street games.
Acme License Maker : Make them to say anything.Atom Smasher's Park Place Sign Generator : Make sign graphics.Collage Machine : Make online collages. Comeeko : Make comics out of photos. Famous Star : Make your own graphic Hollywood Walk of Fame star.SC R I B B L E R : Draw online. SignMaker Lite : Make your own signs.
Bernie DeKoven's Funlog : A blog that gathers what's fun on the web. Cliff Pickover's RealityCarnival : A blog that collects oddities and interesting online tidbits. Cynical-C Blog : Collecting fun links.
Grow-a-brain : A blog of blogs and websites. IdleType : A blog for "distracting your brains out." Information Junk : A blog that surveys the web. Presurfer : "Your Daily Dose of Diversion," a blog.
Bulwer-Lytoon Fiction Contest : “It was a dark and stormy night...” And the related Lyttle Lyton Contest . Eye of Argon : A classic example of how not to write sword and sorcery, popular at science fiction conventions.Turkey City Lexicon : Pitfalls for authors, especially science fiction authors, to avoid.Viable Paradise : “The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot” by Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
