News?

So I've become quite the "googler" lately learning about all kinds of new and pointless stuff. For example, did you know that a Cerebral Vascular Accident is just a long way of saying having a stroke? Also, did you know that Yanni spent a night in a Florida prison for a domestic dispute? These are the type of things that keep my day entertaining and myself a little bit smarter in stupid facts. Well, seeing that I'm quite the charitable guy, I've decided to at least share with you a few of my choice websites that recieve a daily visit from yours truly.

http://www.woot.com/

What more could you want from a website? the famous "deal of the day" site where people over-assess how much the daily special offered is really a good deal. Not only have I been a purchaser of a few pointless electronics from woot, I find the weekly Photoshop contest pleasing to view as people from the Boondocks all the way up to the Hollywood Hills share there photoshop skills to win a measly 100 bones.

http://www.somethingstore.com/

Now this is an intriguing site because of the simplistic stupidity that brought about such an idea. If only I could have been there when 2 kids from Brooklyn decided to start this one up. I would imagine it to go a little something like this

Genius #1 "Hey #2, I'm sick of Ramen for dinner, let's go to White Castle"

Genius #2 "Forget about it, we don't have cash to go treat ourselves to a box of square burgers"

Genius #1 "Well let's sell some of our useless things on ebay to make some money, real jobs are for suckers"

Genius #2 "Are you kidding me #1? No one will buy this useless crap"

Genius #1 "Let's put it in a mystery box and sell it all for 10 bucks"

Genius #2 "Sounds like a great idea"

Genius #1 "But let's not call it useless crap, let's call it something"

Genius #2 "ok something it is.....something in a box for 10 bucks"

Now I haven't yet spent 10 bucks on a "something" box merely because I'm in the "Ramen" stage and 10 bucks would give me a months worth of lunch and dinner, maybe in the near future I will order a "something". That would be worthy of it's own blog.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/

Now this is a site I highly reccommend. A simple collection of actual police reports and other official documents portraying exactly what the court said instead of what the news said. The mugshots are entertaining. Real mugshots of hollywood stars and New York gangsters at their finest. I highly reccomend checking McCauly Caulkin(the Home Alone kid).

http://www.drudgereport.com/

Now here's a quality site and the only connection I have with the political world. The site is based mainly on political news and views, however there is a few odd-news articles to keep me checking up on regularly. I would have to say I'm political thanks to the drudge report.

http://www.damninteresting.com/

With titles likeThe Remains of Doctor Bass and Undark and the Radium Girls, ones curiosity cannot be stimulated for at least a mere moment to find out more behind the catchy headings. After investigation of the site one becomes at a loss for words and the only acceptable explanation for what he has found is "that's damn interesting"

http://www.wikipedia.com/

Helping me get through School, what more can I say. I'll let Wikipedia define itself...

"Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Launched in 2001, it is the largest and dominant general reference work currently available on the Internet. Wikipedia's community has been described as "cult-like," although not always with entirely negative connotations, and criticized for failing to accommodate inexperienced users."

http://www.oddnews.org/

Now this is a website that is checked at least on a daily basis. A relief from the common news about Iran, Elections, and whatever else. Oddly enough, most odd news comes from Nebraska, Tennessee and other southern states. Ironic.....I think not!