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Humor
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Gothic Martha Stewart: DIY Home Decor for the Morbidly Inclined 
 Home decor for the gothic do-it-yourselfer. Includes decorating projects, Internet and print resources, and shopping guides. Don't miss the Gothic Weddings section! LII Record of the Month for January, 2003. http://www.trystancraft.com/martha/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Holidays & Observances, Home & Housing, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 3, 2005 The Jewish Food Mailing List Archive
Thousands of recipes from the archives of the Jewish-Food mailing list. "You will also find information on holiday menus, food preparation techniques, cookbook resources, restaurant reviews, and kashruth (kashrus) guidelines - the laws regarding kosher foods." Other features included a recipe submission form and a section on humor called "Kosher Komedy." http://www.jewishfood-list.com/ Topics: Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays & Observances, Judaism, Recipes & Food Preparation, Recipes by Region, Recipes by Region: United States Last updated Mar 6, 2002 National Humor Month
"National Humor Month [April] was founded ... [by] humorist Larry Wilde, Director of The Carmel Institute of Humor. It is designed to heighten public awareness on how the joy and therapeutic value of laughter can improve health, boost morale, increase communication skills and enrich the quality of one's life." Website features background about April Fools' Day and links to material on April Fools' Day hoaxes and related material. http://humormonth.com/NHM2009.html Topics: Holidays & Observances, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 26, 2009 On This Day: The First of April, 1864
A lighthearted but accurate historical review of April Fools' Day, illustrated with a cartoon by artist Thomas Nast. From the New York Times Learning Network. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0401.html Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Humor, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 26, 2009 PNC Christmas Price Index
The financial services company PNC "calculates the Christmas Price Index each year as a fun, lighthearted way to look at the increasing cost of goods and services bought by the True Love in the holiday classic [song], 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'" Features prices for one partridge in a pear tree, five gold rings, nine ladies dancing, and more. Prices date back to 1984. Includes a video presentation. http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/CPI/index.html Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Dec 4, 2008 Scatty.com
To broadcast laughter among kids of all ages, this site fills the bill with over 12,000 children's jokes and childish humor. There are browsable categories of jokes about animals, holidays, Internet, monsters, school, sports, riddles, and more. The knock-knock section is indexed by name, so you can find out if there's one of these popular jokes attached to your name. (Note: this site has many annoying pop-ups.) http://www.scatty.com/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Humor, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 23, 2004 The Smoking Gun
This site posts primary source documents obtained from the government, law enforcement, and court files nationwide - mostly celebrity-related. These include excerpts from Timothy McVeigh's prison dossier, the Federal extortion complaint against Autumn Jackson, a list of Ivana Trump's assets from her breach-of-contract lawsuit against her husband, a sexual harassment charge against Don Johnson, and a complaint (dismissed) filed against Martha Stewart. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Law, Law Last updated Nov 17, 2001 The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
This site presents the origin of April Fools' Day, pranks played, and a quiz challenging readers to sort the truth from the outrageously false stories reported by the media on April 1st. It also includes a chronological index of hoaxes from 1698 to 2005, and an essay on reasons to hate the observance. From the Museum of Hoaxes. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Humor, Media, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 26, 2009 Yahoo! Society and Culture: Religion and Spirituality
A directory of websites concerning religion and spirituality. Topics include faiths and practices, angels, cults, demons, holidays, humor, and museums. http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Religion Last updated Aug 7, 2005 |
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