If things get better with age, then I'm approaching magnificence.
- Amsterdam Shopping
- Andy's links
- Cats
- Foreign Language sites
- Garden flowers Spring 2008
- Health links
- Hobbies
- Movie links
- Music links
- Organize your life
- Photos
- Places I'd like to revisit
- Places I'd like to visit
- Political links
- Random links
- Restaurants
- Travel links
- What I'm reading
- What I've read
- Bertram & Brood
- baked goods
- Frozen Fountain
- Contemporary furniture & home accessories
- Galerie de Salon
- Barber shop & art gallery
- Pompadour Chocolaterie
- homemade chocolates
- Mendo
- book store & art gallery
- What's Cooking
- "culinary kitsch"
Here are some links that my partner Andy Hardacker sent me:
- $1 Image Stabilizer
- For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod
- Andy's garden & cat pix
- Art made with knitting
- If you're interested in knitted road kill this is the site for you.
- Best Gay Blogs of 2005
- Boston Subway Station Maps
- To & from directions
- Break the Chain
- Sick & tired of people sending you email chain letters about some political cause or class project? Point them here.
- Carpetbagger report
- Norquist finally crossed the right's line in the sand
- Celtic Heavy Metal
- Wikipedia article
- French Celtic metal: Aes Dana, Bran Barr, Heol Telwen, Ancalagon, Furia, Hirilorn
- Viking metal
- Commuting Parisians
- Crazy Aunt Purl
- Crooked Timber
- Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made
- Delicious Library
- From Delicious Monster - a MAC program to catalog, browse, and share all your books, movies, music, and video games with Delicious Library.
- Fagotty ass faggot
- his loafers are light, his tongue is acid
- Gay Marriage Amendment
- THE FALLOUT (with Dr James Dobson)
- Gay Pride
- Chicago
- Paris
- Guus' part of Amsterdam
- Homosexuality & the Bible
- Rabbi Laurence Elis Milder
- Itchycoo park
- A place for the peace and love generation to gather and be entertained.
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
- New Yorker - Alex Ross
- New Yorker mp3 file
- New Yorker - Charles Michener
- One smoot short of a bridge
- Culture, social justice, queer issues, disability rights, arts, Boston, and generally quirky stuff. Brought to you by eeka
- Pictures at an exhibition
- http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prognotes/mussorgsky/pictures.html
- http://www.stmoroky.com/reviews/gallery/pictures/hartmann.htm
- http://grotesmurf.madscience.nl/music/mussorg.htm
- Postal Rate Increase - From Queery Joe's Knitting blog
- Radioblog
- You can just search for music from that page or embed a player on your own page, like http://www.mrhappysad.com/
- Rules for being a Republican
- Authors' Calendar
- Begin by clicking on the number of the desired month on the left column. Then choose your birthday from the calendar. Links to the authors appear in the window below.
- Baby zoo rugs
- the cats one even has a built-in LED light. Kewl.
- B-Movie Theater
- Blogs
- Bush
- one of the worst disasters to hit the U.S.
- Sell the ranch
- Pen15club.net
- Boston-area blogger
- Cartoons
- Glen Baxter cartoons - Courtesy of David Goldberg
- QueerComic Strips and Cartoon Panels
- Dreamweaver 4 Weekend Crash Course
- Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory
- From The Onion
- Freedom/China ratio
- French firemen
- Church sign generator
- Fun for the whole family
- Harry Potter links
- Dutch
- The Leaky Cauldron: A Harry Potter Weblog
- Fashion Highs & Lows of the Westboro Baptist Church
- Fashion critiques of outfits worn by homophoic Baptists
- Hillwood Museum & Gardens 4th annual Gay Day
- Hoaxes, Hooey, and Hogwash
- Let the U-M Virus Busters put you in the know! Share the facts and help us stop the spread of false information.
- Instrument Jokes
- Jon's Knit Blog
- Re what it might take to impeach Bush
- a collection of screenshots and accompanying URLs for
some strange display problems in Netscape and Microsoft's browsers. - Mac-related
- Bye Apple - Some bloke who was going to continue buying Macs & didn't
- Time to switch?
- Man vs. sweater
- My world
- Check off the countries you've visited & you get a map to put on your website.
- Turandot
- Commentary on Symbolism, Poetry, and "Nessun Dorma"
- William Morris Gallery
- Free Windows wallpapers.
- Brian Leerhuber - Baritone
- He's sung Rorem's Walt Whitman songs
- Plaster casters
- Rock star phallus casts
- Recipes
- Basic coarse mustard
- Spicy German Mustard
- Advanced Internet Security
- Software product combining firewall & "program control" whatever that is.
- Shouts & Murmers
- New Yorker article about God's creation of the earth
- Sonicare
- http://www.spatch.net/cattown/index.html
- http://tantek.com/log/2004/01.html
- http://mab.mozdev.org/
- The MAB is a tool for searching the Amazon catalogs and browsing their products. For the time being users can search in Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.jp. MAB lets users search for products (by keyword, ASIN/ISBN, UPC code, author/artist, and so on) and retrieve information about each product found, including its title, author/artist, and release date (the latter two for books/music), along with its suggested retail price, Amazon's price, and the price of a used copy sold through Amazon (if available). It also displays comments from other Amazon users about the product.
- Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system
- Vegan links
- Vegan Lunchbox
- Why I love organic
- Engine 2 Fire Company - vegan firefighters - includes some recipes
- http://www.wga.hu - post cards & more
- http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
- http://www.misspoppy.com/
- Christian Gifts, Gift Baskets, HandzOff Gum, Mother Teresa Breath Mist, and more!
- Walkingman.com urban cardigan
- Weetabix
- made from whole grains - which are an excellent source of dietary fibre
- White tea
- http://www.englishteastore.com/loose-leaf-white-tea.html
- http://www.harney.com/whitetea.html
- http://tinyurl.com/ae299
- http://www.thefragrantleaf.com/whiteteas.html
- Hitler cats
- Gatto Roho Swag
- Cafe at Harvard's Dudley House
- The infinite cat project
- litterboxcam.com/
- a live camera is trained on the litter boxes of two cats, Grey and Black
- My cat hates you
- rathergood.com/
- Takes ages to load
- rec.pets.cats.health+behav
- Stuff on my cat
- tiddles.co.uk/
- Cat drorings
- World famous random kitten generator
- Odd, I thought kittens came from cats
- Yoga kitty
- Exercises to do with your cat
- zfrank.com
- My cat Annie - cute videos
- www.radio24.it
- 830 television stations and 4,500 radio stations
- www.real.com
- www.msn.com
- www.onlinenewspaper.com
- Print media
- www.metagrid.com
- Magazines
- Seafood watch
- Sustainable seafood choices available in different regions of the U.S.
I realized that I don't have any links to info on one of my favorite actresses, Judy Holliday, so here are a couple. Ms. Holliday starred in such great films as Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib (with Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy), and Bells Are Ringing (with Dean Martin).
- The Judy Holliday Resource Center
- the only site on the internet devoted entirely to the multi-talented entertainer Judy Holliday
- The Internet Movie Database
- Fay Wray
- I've had the great good fortune to have heard Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center (Aug. 2003), the Metropolitan Opera (january 2006) and Symphony Hall (March, 2007). She is a wonder. Other singers I like are Joni Mitchell (whose song lyrics are here) and Laura Nyro, and Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell, member of Sweet Honey in the Rock. I've been a fan of Gabriel Yacoub since the days of Pierre de Grenoble (1973). Another male vocalist that gets my vote is Breton singer/harpist Alan Stivell.
- Jukebox
- The top 100 songs from the golden years of popular music - plus more of our musical heritage.
- I'm a great fan of Steeleye Span, and also like cats.
- Minidisc article
- Miss Piggy and the Tooter
- a.k.a. J. P. Rampal
- Music graphics galore
- http://www.43folders.com/
- amily of websites about stuff like personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better
- http://www.dumblittleman.com/
- 7 Ways To Manage Your Email Like An Expert
- http://www.lifehack.org/
- any hacks, tips and tricks that get things done quickly by automating, increase productivity and organizing.
- http://www.productivitycafe.com/
- ideas on getting things done, being effective, reducing stress and having some fun
- http://unclutterer.com/
- the website for home and office organization
- http://zenhabits.net/
- covers: achieving goals, productivity, being organized, GTD, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, getting a flat stomach, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits.
- http://clutterersanonymous.net/
- a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem with clutter (sounds like something for me).
- Here's a picture of Potter when she was a kitten.
- Here's another photo of Potter and our newer resident, Snitch.
- During the 2004-2005 winter I made a snowman.
- A friend, Mary Nemetz sent me this for our garden.
- Photos from my travels. Here's another one.
- Croatia
- the Czech Republic
- Czech Republic Travel
- Czech Republic Hotels, Prague Apartments, Prague Tours, Prague Transfers, Car Rental, Czech Sights and Vacation Packages
- Prague
- France
- Poland
- U.S.
- Chimney Rock, San Juan National Forest archaeological area - where the moon stands still
- Roadsideamerica.com - your online guide to offbeat tourist attractions - including giant fiberglass figures
- Denmark
- Skagen
- Skagens Museum
- England
- Bodlian library - Oxford
- They also have a gift shop
- France
- Millau
- Causse Gantier - glove makers
- Millau Museum
- Office du Tourism
- Germany
- Berlin
- Paris Bar
- Heidelberg
- USA
- Minnesota
- Museum of Russian Art - Minneapolis
- Afterdowningstreet.org
- http://americablog.org/
- Borowitz report
- http://bradblog.com/
- http://buzzmachine.com/
- Freewayblogger.com
- Free speech: Use it or lose it
- Global Exchange
- an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice
- Just $6
- the amount it would take for each American for us to publically fund elections
- http://www.theleftcoaster.com/
- An outside-the-Beltway perspective on current events, politics, media, and the arts.
- Northern Sun
- message-oriented tshirts, bumperstickers, buttons, posters, etc.
- Tom Terrific - This Modern World
- TUC radio
- a.k.a. "Time of Useful Consciousness" is the time between the onset of oxygen deficiency and the loss of consciousness. "TUC Radio might be the last truly subversive voice on the dial." Daniel Zoll, San Francisco Bay Guardian
- Conscience-free shopping
- www.coopamerica.org
- www.greenpages.org
- www.responsibleshopper.org
- www.Sweatshops.org
- VelvetRevolution.us
- As our first call to action, we hope to bring together the many disparate groups and elements revolving around the questionable results of the 2004 presidential election.
- Women for Peace
- 70%
- According to the NY Times, "the most erudite of the Internet's many chocolate-dedicated sites."
- Atra Plus Blade online price comparison
- Auto accessories
- Black Block
- Kookie gifts from Paris
- Catalogchoice.org
- Deforest your mailbox - free service
- Chinese astrology year chart
- Chocolates
- Roberto Catinari - Pistoia, Italy (Flash-only site)
- De Bondt Chocolate - Pisa, Italy
- Slitti Cafe - Monsummano Terme (Tuscany)
- Cool Climate Calculator
- Figure out your carbon footprint, how you compare to others. A welcome addition would be what you can do about it.
- I recently bought a digital camera here are tutorials for it
- Dorchester fun facts
- where (Andy, Potter, Snitch & moi live
- Digital TV government info
- apply for coupon for converter for analog TVs & more
- I went to a Dame Edna Everidge show and laughed so hard I almost wet 'em. :) I was reading John Lahr's biography but found it not as interesting as the autobiography My Gorgeous Life. I'm also quite the fan of Lily Tomlin.
- www.engrish.com - the humorous English mistakes that appear in Japanese advertising and product design
- Haddad Hakansson
- A friend and former student's interior design company. Only the most tasteful and beaufiful designs on the planet.
- Hot Athletes.org
- Learn English
- Lie vs lay, it's vs its, yours vs your's and more
- Library Career Romances
- Manitowoc merchants (as per a NY Times article)
- The Fitness Store
- Healthy Chocolate Treats
- Natural Ovens Bakery
- thelostland.com
- born as a personal quest to bring together information about Susan Cooper's books and first appeared on the web several years ago
- Irshad Manji - Muslim refusenik
- meez.com
- Build your own avatar.
- Memory and forgetting
- Menominee links
- Menominee MI
- from Muni.net Guide
- Menominee views - aka Superior View
- Superior View is the collection of photographer Jack Deo. Includes photos of Menomineehere I grew up - or aggrandi as I think they say in Frogland. Click on the Gallery & then "M" - the photos whose descriptions begin with "MEN" are those of Menominee.
- Well, MIchigan, anyway
- youtube video from the 1949
- Wikipedia article
- Monty Python's Completely Useless Website
- Muffin's Encyclopedia of Bel Ami models
- current as of the late 1990s anyway
- Noise reducing headphones
- Panasonic RP-HC500
- Audio-Technicha ATH-ANC7
- THE #1 SONG ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
- Want to know what the number one song was on the day you were born? All the way back to 1890s.
- Nun's Hallelulia chorus
- a hoot & a half even without the sound
- Open Book
- Minneapolis, MN. The Open Book Literary Arts Center and the vision behind its creation has led the way to neighborhood revitalization and the blossoming of an "arts corrider" along Washington Avenue in Minneapolis.
- Ottica Carraro
- Italian eyeglass designer. The material used to create VENICE is highly-tested acetate, a natural material that does not contain any toxic or harmful components.
- Randy Pausch's inspiring last lecture on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
- the link is just below the "order the DVD" link
- Here is a link about peeps, the Easter taste treat. Here's another link about Peeps research in the library.
- Here is a listing of Christmas song sites on the Music Librarianship listerv so thought I'd pass it along.
- Recycle compact fluorescent blubs
- a resource for any light bulb ("lamp") user seeking details on recycling spent mercury-containing lamps
- Ever wonder what that postage stamp with no amount printed on it is worth? Check out http://pe.usps.gov/text/qsg300/Q604a.htm
- Aaron Schwartz - computer hacker & philosopher
- Slant-fin humidifier replacement parts
- Slant/Fin Mineral Absorption Pads: http://www.iallergy.com/product129/product_info.html
- Slant/Fin UV Bulb: http://www.iallergy.com/product130/product_info.html
- The Surrealist Compliment Generator. E.g. So charmingly heathen, your skin is like a teardrop on a popsickle.
- Television shows online
- Hulu.com
- TVland.com
- Usenet.news
- Debbie Gombert - a friend of mine who's doing Music Therapy
Restaurants
Here are some links to local restaurants
- Blarney Stone
- Fields Corner, Boston
- Ashmont Grill
- Near the Ashmont T stop in Dorchester
Academic Ambassadors - "The first service specifically created to provide discounted hotel and rental car rates for academic (and other non-profit) travelers."
Even a Weak Dollar Can Be Stretched - NY Times article
When in Paris, I stay at the Hotel Tiquetonne, which is in the deuxieme arrondissement - quite centrally located, and cheap. It helps to know French if you want to communicate with the staff.
Joyce James Tours - designed for people with an interest in textiles, but the focus of each trip goes far beyond exploring the traditions of the fibre arts and includes meeting with local craftspeople and guilds, visiting mills, historic and archaeological sites — all against a backdrop of spectacular scenery.
Want to travel light? Onebag.com is the place to find out how.
The Tarragon Hotel in Marinette, WI is a good place to stay - comfortable, reasonable rates, with fridges in the room so you can store stuff for breakfast, etc.
Transporting Musical Instruments - tips from the Transportation Security Administration
Stranded? Here's a URL for the Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights in Washington that shares your concerns.
- Airfare comparison sites
- airfarewatchdog.com - searches for lowest fares, including ones airlines reserve for online booking
- Farecast.com - lowest domestic fares for the next 90 days
- Farecompare.com - lowest fares by month for the next 11 months for 77,000 domestic & 200,000 foreign cities
- Insidetrip.com - compares flights and gives them a "TripQuality" rating based on aircraft, on-time history, etc.
- kayak.com - compares historical data on fares
- Airlinequality.com
- The expert guide to airline product and service standards across the world
- Bed and breakfasts in Paris
- Travel to Europe by boat for as little as $100/day
- www.freighter-travel.com/
- www.freighterworld.com/
- www.freighter-travel-review.com/
- www.nsb-reisebuero.de/english/start.html - German agency with 55+ oceangoing cruise freighters
- Business-class airlines
- L'avion airlines - New York/Paris-Orly
- Eos airline - NYC-London/Stanstead 21 sq. ft of personal space and a 6'6" fully flat bed. Hmm. 48 seats per craft - what does that come out to in carbon emmission/seat? The most expensive of the three.
- Silverjet - NYC-London - 6' 3" beds
- English bookstores in foreign cities
- Cafe Bilngua - Moscow - not exactly an English bookstore, but I didn't know where else to put this.
- Buybook - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Massolit Books , Krakow, Poland
- St. Georges Bookshop, Berlin, Germany - often features art house films
- Shakespeare & Sons, Prague - poetry readings and freak-folk concerts
- Treehugger Dan's Bookstore and Café, Budapest, Hungary - fair trade coffee & progressive political readings
- Europe
- Air travel
- Rail Travel
- Fares dropping?
- tracks fares on specific flights you select before or after you buy a ticket. You can use Yapta before you buy to alert you by
email to pricing changes on a particular trip, or let you know if the price drops after you've bought a ticket and you're eligible for a refund. Apparently will only work if you buy the ticket directly from the airline. - Flight stats
- URL 4 flight delays
- Foreign rentals (some overlap in the listings)
- Fractional and Shared Ownership in France
- Historic English cottages
- London short rentals
- Google list of Paris short-term rentals
- Parisian short-term rentals
- Paris be a part of it
- Maui rentals
- vbro.com - world-wide rentals
- Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- German Wine Route - Wikipedia article
- The Neustadt Region
- Overweight luggage shipping
- Luggage Forward (Boston-based)
- Contour USA
- Excess Baggage (British-based)
- Luggage Express
- Skycapinternational.com
- Virtualbellhop.com
- Seatguru.com
- The ultimate source for airplane seating, in-flight amenities and airline information See also seatexpert.com
12 June 2008 - Knowing when to stop a memoire by Ned Rorem. Andy bought this for me in 1994 & I'm only now finishing it. Also on the nightstand, Dance to the Music of Time, vol. 1. This is a tetralogy so it'll be ahile before it's finished.
