Batman's "ODD"yssey

Dear Jennifer,

I'm not sure if you partake in comic book reading much, but Neal Adams has just given you a reason to start. The website Comics Alliance has developed an explanation (as much as is possible) of the totally crazy Batman Odyssey comic series. Their breakdown of the story Bruce Wayne tells to someone about the time he told a story to Robin about a story that he also was in that shows him narrating a story is amazing. This comic reads like nonsensical hilarity in these reviewers' hands.

THE INSANITY OF BATMAN ODYSSEY

The Picture of Politeness

Dear Jennifer,

If I had lived during the Victorian period I know some things for certain: I'd be a great dresser but I'd have terrible manners when it came to visiting bathrooms on trains. It's good to know one's strengths. Play this game that Leslie emailed to us to see if you'd survive Victorian manner politics.

THE VICTORIAN PERIOD GAME

Sophisticated Procrastination

Dear Jennifer,

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" you know he would greatly have preferred the 8-bit medium to bring people into the world of his opus. His original intent certainly would have had Nick throwing his fedora like a boomerang.

THE GREAT GATSBY GAME

Some days, I'd really like to bring back the written word.

Dear Meredith:

Email is great and all, but I do love hand-written notes. At this website, check out old mail from both famous and not-so-famous people - but all fascinating pieces of correspondence.

Letters of Note

Craigslist being put to good use

Dear Jennifer,

Why are assholes so hilarious? Dr. House, Barney Stinson, they're awesome!

As someone who pushes the buttons of people who advertise on Craigslist, this guy definitely fits in with the Dickbag Group, and we all get to enjoy the results.

EMAILS FROM AN ASSHOLE

Bart-crastination

Dear Jennifer,

I don't recall if you are a SIMPSONS fan or not, but every episode always had a very entertaining bit with Bart writing a reference to something terrible he did on a chalkboard at school for punishment. Someone compiled the list!

(from Jezebel's post)

BART'S CHALKBOARD

Sparkly procrastination

Dear Meredith:
Sorry for the prolonged absence! This being-a-professor thing is stupid. In addition to teaching, I'm still expected to write papers? What? I don't understand how I'm supposed to have time for all of this, especially when I spend an inordinate amount of time playing the below-linked game. I think it's the gems. You know how anything related to jewelry transfixes me, even if it's fake.

Shields of Gemland

Urban Legend spoilers!

Dear Jennifer,

My friend Matt sent me this link to a hilarious page that has simple solutions for top ranking mysteries. A guaranteed time suck.

6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries

Fun with fractals.

Dear Meredith:

Click on the boxes. Watch them divide. It seems rather stupid at first, but then you find yourself clicking away, and 10 minutes later, and it doesn't seem that stupid after all.

Click bored

Darths and Droids

Dear Jennifer,

My newest webcomic obsession is a fake Dungeons and Dragons quest through the Star Wars movies. The jokes are aplenty and well deserved. The best part is that this is the guy tells his story using screen captions from the movies. It is all too easy to find a screen caption of an actor looking goofy. Awesome.

Darths and Droids

There is always more online content to watch.

Dear Meredith:

Have you watched all the offerings on Hulu? Fed up with the lame-ass ABC website that continually freezes your computer? (Or is that only me?). Here's another site, via Sony, that, in their words, "distributes digital content including original short form series and full-length traditional programming from Sony Pictures’ vast library of television series and feature films."

Crackle

Classic violence

Dear Jennifer,

Now that you're back in LA - you'll need new games to play while watching TV while reading a magazine.

Here's an oldie and a greatie. Oddly, it is more difficult than I remember.

DUCK HUNT

I mean, who doesn't love bacon?

Dear Meredith:

I love bacon. You love bacon. We all love bacon. And so, you definitely need to visit this site devoted to all things bacon.

The Baconcyclopedia

D&D ancestry issues

Dear Jennifer,

Now that I've torn through the webcomic for Order of the Stick, my buddy Matt has turned me onto this new D&D related strip - "The DM of the Rings". Basically it takes players through the story of Lord of the Rings and points out all the ways that the game has evolved away from its original inspiration. At the bottom of the strips, the author discusses where the deviation occurred, or gives general dungeon master advice. Very entertaining, with a lot of breaking of the fourth wall. I am happy to have a new obsession. : )

And all with questionably-legal screenshots!!!

THE DM OF THE RINGS

A reminder for the rest of us...

Dear Jennifer,

Have you ever thought that 'normal' dictionaries are just too unimaginative? Well "My First Dictionary" brings a dose of disturbing reality to its definitions that I am sure you will find hilarious. Thanks to Kemper for the find!!

MY FIRST DICTIONARY!

State by state.

Dear Meredith:

This is DEFINITELY worth checking out. (Although, aren't all our links?) In the 50 States Project, a photographer from each state was chosen to take pictures of his/her state over the course of a year. Every two months, they're given a topic, and are then told to take one picture that best fits that topic. It is awesome.

The 50 States Project

(Picture above taken by Jeremy & Claire Weiss of California for the Project's second assignment, "Habitat".)

Let it snow...er, hail

Dear Meredith:

In this terribly addictive game, you need to make the hail get bigger and bigger so that you can destroy houses, skyscrapers, planes, and entire towns. Just in case you were feeling a little destructive today.

Effing hail

Super Dickery!

Dear Jennifer,

Here's a bunch of Comic Book covers that are utterly ridiculous - or show beloved characters doing dick moves that defy explanation.

If you need a good chuckle at those who came before us, I highly recommend it:

Super Dickery

Predicting the future.

Dear Meredith:

I admit it. I still play MASH to this day. But I have never heard of some of these other MASH-type games that allow you to predict the viability of love matches, current or future.


The cootie-catcher: Blast from the past, glimpse of the future

"Let's not mess with nature. We are here to make babies. So, let's get to it."

Dear Meredith:

If you were a guy cruising for chicks, I'd send you this link. Just hit the refresh button, and a sparklin' brand new pick up line would be there, waiting for you to use it on some unwitting girl.

What the hell. I'm sending you the link to it anyway.

Pick up lines generator