December, 2006

  1. AmericanMonsters.Com

    AmericanMonsters.Com is a site on cryptozoology (i.e., people who believe in Bigfoot, etc.) The site doesn’t post news as frequently as similar sites, but seems to go for higher quality news, such as the search for more specimens of a recently discovered species of leech in New Jersey, It’s been about three years since an…

  2. WikiDumper

    WikiDumper is a blog that collects the best Wikipedia entries that are on the verge of being deleted from Wikipedia, typically because the topics are obscure or pointless (such as a list of animal sounds). The blog is worth following if only for highlighting the bizarre corners of human thought. For example, if I hadn’t…

  3. McSweeney’s Indiana Jones Rejection Letter

    McSweeney’s asks (and answers) what would happen if Indiana Jones applied for a university position in anthropology, Demonstrates suitable experience and expertise in chosen field: The committee concurred that Dr. Jones does seem to possess a nearly superhuman breadth of linguistic knowledge and an uncanny familiarity with the history and material culture of the occult.…