((Obligatory disclaimer: The links contained herein may contain words or pictures that you find offensive. I can make
no guarantees on this point and urge you to take responsibility for your own - and more especially your children’s
- web surfing. If you find a dead link, please email me here and I will correct or remove it when I have time. Happy
surfing!))
Home - Cooking - Decorating
Epicurious - Recipes, cooking help, and resources for the foodies.
Allrecipes - Lots of recipes with an active community who test and comment on recipes.
The Domestic Goddess - Blog of a foodie. Delightful reading.
Get Crafty - crafts, crafting ideas, and crafty people.
DIY Network - a handy how-to site.
Not Martha - Crafty blog.
Out of the Frying Pan - Cooking reference and recipes.
A La Carte - French foodie blog.
Joy of Baking - Baking recipes and reference.
Recipesource - Huge recipe collection - Used to be SOAR Berkeley.
Craftster - More craftiness.
Apartment Therapy - Apartment living and decor.
HGTV - HGTV.
About’s Decorating Site - Good info, but turn on your popup blocker.
BBC Homes - Design inspiration.
Better Homes and Gardens - BHG!
Curbly - DIY design community
Normal Room - People all over the world post pics of rooms in their homes. More interesting than it sounds.
The Simple Dollar - Personal finance advice blog
Cookthink - More than a recipe source - a wonderful ongoing exploration of food. With recipes. :)
The Happy Slob’s Guide to Housecleaning - Bloggity.
How to Clean Anything - Tons of tips from professionals.
Parenting/Motherhood
La Leche League - Breast is Best! Here’s tons of information and support, plus links to your local chapter.
Kelly Mom - Support and information for breastfeeding and attached parents. You name it, it’s here.
Attachment Parenting International - Networking and support for proponents of attachment parenting.
Ask Dr. Sears - Dr. Sears’ website. Here is a wise, wise (and experienced) parenting guru.
The Natural Child Project - Natural/attached parenting resources.
Natural Parenting Magazine - Australian pub with excellent articles.
Attachment Parenting Blog- AP blog written by an attached couple.
Wholesome Baby Food - Baby feeding and nutrition help, especially with homemade food.
Gov’t Vaccination Information Statements - What the government has to say about the vaccines they recommend for
your children. Includes side effects and acknowledged risks.
WAHM.com - The Online Magazine for Work-at-Home Moms
Brain, Child - The magazine for thinking mothers.
Mamasource - A great place to interact with and learn from other mothers
Hip Mama -
The Shape of a Mother - Real women’s real bodies are beautiful.
MOPS - Mothers of Pre-schoolers
School and Education Interests
Sudbury Valley School - Home page of the original SudVal school
Mountain Laurel Sudbury School - Another SudVal school in Connecticut
National Home Education Network - Legal information, support and resources for homeschoolers
Home Education Magazine - Website of the oldest homeschooling mag.
School is Dead. Learn in Freedom! - Lots of resources and information
Alliance for the Separation of School and State - News, activism and legal stuff
Jon’s Homeschool Resources - This comprehensive site is a great starting point and ongoing resource.
Homeschool World - The official website of Practical Homeschooling magazine. Lots of resources and articles.
A to Z Home’s Cool - Another comprehensive site.
Guilt-Free Homeschooling - Great writing and resources from a long-time homeschooler
Homeschoolers’ Curriculum Swap - Subscription site with tons of curriculum resources.
Massive Resource List for Autodidacts.
Sudbury Education Resource Network.
Words, Language, and Writing
The Writer’s Life - Tons of resources for writers and aspiring writers. Great articles and advice.
Writer’s Digest - Ditto.
Aphorisms Galore - Pithy sayings for any occasion.
Etymologic - If you think you know etymology, I dare you to play this game.
Online Literature Library - Online full-text works in the public domain. Mostly classics.
Internet Anagram Server - Make anagrams of any word or phrase with this nifty tool.
The Word Detective - A lot of questions and answers about words and word origins.
Big Bridge - This press has a lot of good reading on its site.
Wordreference English/French/Italian/Spanish Dictionary - Translate words between any of these languages.
Beg the Question - Website advocating the correct usage of the phrase beg the question. Love, love, love.
Linguistics humor - Linguistics. Humor.
Language Log - Blog exploring linguistics, etymology, and language in the context of society.
Effingpot: The American’s Guide to Speaking British - An interesting guide to British English. Sometimes abusive to
Americans. :-P
The English-to-American Dictionary - Ditto.
The Rocketpack Writing Project - Like most creative writing communities, this site has good stuff and bad.
The Phronistery - Especially love the Lost Words list.
Library Thing - Catalog your books online! (I really want to find time to play with this!)
Lojban Reference - “If you learned to speak Lojban, your communication would all be unambiguous and logical.” …
“Yeah, but it would all be with the kind of people who learn Lojban.” (Thanks, xkcd. :-P)
This Is By Us - A collaborative blog where anyone can write, and writers are paid based on the popularity of their writing.
Librivox - Free audio recordings of books in the public domain, read by volunteers. How cool is that?
Linguistic Society of America.
Consensus Web Filters
Reddit
Digg
Newsvine
Fantacular
Gather
Blinklist
Reference and Places to Learn Something New
How Stuff Works - Find out the ‘how’ of just about anything. For curiosity and DIY.
Wikipedia - the encyclopedia of absolutely everything. Consensus-edited.
Internet Movie Database - Look up movies, actors, directors - whatever - and get all the details.
Lonely Planet - Resources for achievable travel. Or just “travel” via the site.
The Cyber Hymnal - Find the words, music, and info about thousands of traditional hymns and gospel songs.
Mind Hacks - This weblog explores the inner workings of the brain
Psychology Today - Um, it’s Psychology Today. Great articles.
Cool Tools - Find what works.
Life Hacker - Exploit technology for a better life. (”Don’t live to geek; geek to live”)
Ask Metafilter - Lots of Questions. Lots of Answers.
Wookiepedia - the Star Wars Wiki. More detailed than you can imagine.
Kids in Mind Movie Ratings - This site breaks down movies’ potentially-troublesome content. Great for folks like me
who can’t stomach violence.
National Sex Offender Registry - Find out who is in your neighborhood.
Snopes! - Urban Legends reference. For the love of Pete, look up alleged viruses and missing kids before you forward
email about them to me!!!
So You Wanna - Find out how to do just about anything. (Some articles are more helpful, some less.)
Television Without Pity - Get an unflinchingly brutal scene-by-scene breakdown of every episode of bunches of shows.
What is that file - Got a mystery file and want to make sure it’s not important before you delete it? Or just curious? :)
I want a Firefox extension to… - (Over 200 extension!)
Science a Go-Go - Interesting reading on science topics.
Go Ask Alice - Smart, concise and real health information and advice.
Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life.
Confessions of a Car Salesman - Read this article before you shop for a car.
The Happiness Project - Part following along as G.R. researches her next book, part Life 101
Online Education Free - Tap into higher learning online at little or no cost.
How to get your songs off your iPod
Ririan Project - Another guy all for making the most of your life.
ABC Science - That’s the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. And their Science site is pretty cool!
WikiHow - A collaborative how-to for everything. Still developing.
New Scientist Space - A little of everything, and all very cool reading.
Physorg - Science and technology news
The Simple Dollar - Financial talk for the rest of us.
Scientific American - Science and technology news
Floodle - This guy buys information on eBay and then posts it for public consumption
KryssTal - An eclectic collection of educational info on a variety of topics.
The Thinking Blog.
Silver Clipboard - A website about how to live an organized life.
Research Digest Blog - The latest psychological research. British.
AskPhilosophers.org - You ask. A panel of philosophers respond.
A Collection of Online Math Texts.
The Positivity Blog.
Rainy Day / Bored Links
The May Day Mystery - Can you solve it?
Engrish.com - I can’t help it; this site cracks me up.
Atom Films - Short films of all varieties. Have a fast connection, please. (Star Wars Gangsta Rap!)
Fark.com - The best of articles from everywhere.
Paper Doll Heaven Celebrity Dressup Game - If you’re really bored today, you can dress Lindsey Lohan.
Postsecret - If you don’t know what this site is, just click it. Trust me.
Off the Mark! - This guy’s cartoons have been cracking me up for years now.
Not Without My Handbag - Check out the bad baby names section :-P
Cute Overload!! OMG Ponies!1! - Get your cute here.
Waiter Rant - Waiter writes about experiences in his bistro. Good waiter, good writer
Damn Interesting - Like the name says.
Mingers.com - Of course I would never condone such meanness. *looks guilty*
Overheard in New York - People say the darnedest things.
Int’l Center for Unidentified and Missing Persons - Maybe you can help!
Dumpster World - Dumpster diving is cool. :)
The New York City Anti-Hipster Forum - Let’s make fun of hipsters!
Perverted Justice - Bringing the perverts down, one fake 14 year-old at a time.
Mr. Picassohead! - Strangely addictive face-making game
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja - Webcomic. I don’t always get it, but I am assured that it’s funny.
Wayback Machine - Internet archive. See what pages looked like long ago.
xkcd.com - My absolute, hands-down favorite webcomic ever.
Falling Sand Game - Why is it so addictive?
Spirograph - W.I.I.S.A. III?
Musicovery - Cool interactive radio.
Addicting Games - Be warned: It’s not just a cute name.
Modern Mechanix - “Yesterday’s tomorrow” - old, misguided scientific visions…
Chaos Theory - My high score is 127. What’s yours?
Found Magazine - Found items posted online - lists, notes, pictures and more.
Fictionalley - HP fanfics (Me? R/Hr, R/D, D/G, H/D)
I Can Has Cheezburger? - funny kitteh picz, I has dem
The Humor Archive - Jokes and funny stories. And stuff.
Dr. Susan Blackmore - Interesting. That’s all I’m saying.
Dilbert Blog - I ♥ you, Scott Adams.
Mental Floss - For knowledge junkies - very random
True Porn Clerk Stories - From the inside. Be 18, please. And you might be offended. Just so you know.
Religion/Theology Interests
Beliefnet - Spirituality from every angle.
Theopedia - Encyclopedia focusing on Biblical Christianity.
Operation Clambake - Exposing Scientology.
The Secular Web - Naturalism.
Mikvah.org - Fascinating site for women who keep to the strict Orthodox Jewish law.
Nishmat Jewish Women’s Halachic Website - Another.
Those Wacky Raelians - These people are nuts.
Buddhanet - Worldwide Buddhist Information and Education Network.
Political Stuff and Intelligent Commentary (Stand by as my categories begin to blur)
The Free State Project - I love this idea and wish I had the courage to sign on. Personal responsibility!
AlterNet - Left!
National Review Online - Right!
Front Page Mag - Right!
Lew Rockwell dot com - “Anti-state, Anti-war, Pro-market”
Donklephant - “Big teeth. Huge ass. Surprisingly reasonable.”
Why the USA? - Wonder why every other country hates or resents us?
Reason Magazine Online - Reason. Online.
The Wilson Quarterly - History, Biography, Commentary, Etc. Good stuff.
Slate - You know, Slate!
The Prometheus Institute - Libertarian thought.
Consortium News - Independent investigative journalism.
Information Liberation - This news is from mainstream sources, but not watered down or filtered through paid-off
editors.
Bill of Rights Defense Committee.
Thom Hartmann dot com - “Renaissance Thinking about the Issues of Our Day”
Brainshrub - Political blog with counterpoints for critical thinkers
The Liberty Papers - Thoughts, essays and writings on Liberty
Drug Law Reform
Drug Reform Coordination Network - Read some truth about the drug war.
Marijuana Policy Project - Working for and achieving reform of marijuana laws.
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) - Too.
The Marijuana Conspiracy: The real reason hemp is illegal - I dare you to read it. (Hi, Mom!)
The Good Drugs Guide - I don’t condone following a lot of the advice on this site, but it’s got a lot more truth about drugs
than you’ll get from our government.
Cops Against the Drug War - Even police know the War on Drugs has failed.
Costs of Marijuana Prohibition: Economic Analysis - Logic, Econ-style.
(Window)Shopping!!!
fred flare - Cool stuff.
blissen - Unique handmade goods from artist Jill Bliss.
SUPERfantastico - Keyword: unique.
Wishingfish - Oh, and expensive.
Uncommon Goods - Also.
West Elm - For the home.
The Company Store - Beautiful linens.
Mighty Goods - From lots of sites.
Conspicuous Consumption - From lots of sites.
American Science Surplus - “industrial, military and educational items, with an emphasis on science and education”
Heavenly Treasures Fine Jewelry - Dream, dream, dream.
Pyramid Collection - Fairies, anyone?
The Unemployed Philosophers’ Guild - Any online shop with a “Freudiana” section is cool. Period.
Awesome! - Awesome.
ShopGoodwill.com - Like eBay, except the only listers are Goodwill stores across the country.
Fresh Fodder - Cool things that cost $10 or less.