Sak's Recommendations
Blogs
- Dooce: Heather Armstrong's blog. It wouldn't amaze me if you already read this one, considering that it's one of the most popular blogs out there. Heather mostly writes about her experiences raising her daughter. She has a real gift for comedic writing.
- The Sneeze: If you don't like cursing and toilet humor, you won't find this guy as funny as I do. I, however, find his "Steve, Don't Eat It!" section to be comedy genius.
Comics and Cartoons
- Alien Loves Predator: ALP takes two familiar SF/action icons and puts them in a roommate sitcom. Then it just gets ridiculous. I love it.
- Animals Have Problems Too: A sort of odd series of drawings featuring animals with human problems. It's much funnier than that description, though.
- Girly: This one appeals to the bizarre side of my sense of humor.
- Homestar Runner: The home of the Homestar Runner cartoons. Especially funny are the Strong Bad emails.
- Least I Could Do: Chronicling the life and wacky hijinks of a male slut and his friends. As you might guess, there are a lot of sex jokes.
- Questionable Content: My new favorite webcomic. As funny as Something Positive ever was, but without the mean streak. I've also found it useful for hearing about new bands and albums.
- Red vs. Blue: Based on Halo.
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: The format of this one is a little bit like <em>The Far Side</em>, but the humor is a bit more contemporary in style. The captions really make this one.
- Schlock Mercenary: Plenty of BLAM!
- Sluggy Freelance: The first webcomic I ever really got into. Take a few days off work and read the entire series!
- Something Positive: One of my previous favorites. The newer stuff hasn't been clicking with me as much, but the archives make for great reading--funny and at times surprisingly emotional, as well as rather vulgar.
- The Order of the Stick: Good, nerdy fun.
- The Perry Bible Fellowship: The title is a bit misleading; this one is another <em>Far Side</em>-ish comic. It's considerably more random, though, if I might be permitted to colloquially misuse an adjective. It's also funnier.
Food and Drink
- Big Sur River Inn: A really great restaurant and motel. If you're ever in Big Sur, I highly recommend stopping here, especially in the summer. You can enjoy a drink while putting your feet in the river, or (during Sunday lunches in the summer) listen to live music on the outdoor patio. The entire menu is fantastic, although I admit to having a special place in my heart for the burger and the apple pie.
- Tastings.com: The home page of the Beverage Testing Institute. Find information and reviews of all sorts of beers, wines and spirits.
- The Virtual Bar: A great site for aspiring bartenders. Find all sorts of great stuff here, including a ton of good (and bad) drink recipes.
Friends
Games and Recreation
- Snood: One of the most addicting games ever. It's fun, it's not violent, and you can get a free demo version at this web site. Check it out!
- Web Sudoku: This game is probably single-handedly destroying workplace productivity. Fortunately, my pursuit of a sub-six-minute completion time seems to have slightly burnt me out on it. So now I'm down to just five or six games a day.
Miscellaneous
Podcasts
- KEXP Song of the Day: One of my two daily song podcasts. There's a lot of indie rock on both, but this one also includes some hip-hop and urban stuff and generally tends to rock a little harder.
- Morning Becomes Eclectic (KCRW): Live sets from Santa Monica's influential morning music show. I've found some great stuff through this one. My only complaint is that sometimes the bands don't sound as good live, which can be a bit of a let-down.
- Retronauts: 1up.com's retro gaming podcast. Some of the panel members can get a little annoying and there's a fair amount of profanity but I love the little trip down memory lane that it provides. Plus, listening to this one has gotten me to revisit some great old games that I haven't played in a while.
- The Concert: Classical music concerts from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston, MA. What I particularly like about this podcast is that each episode begins with a short introduction, giving you a little background into what you're about to hear.
- Today's Top Tune (KCRW): The other daily song podcast I listen to. This one is also a lot of indie rock but the music is often a bit more contemplative and there's more electronic and international music.
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