"Cul-tcha" is what you get when you go to a museum (Thanks, Kene!) The Style Invitational, from Sunday's Washington Post Style Invitational regulars get together in DC... info is on their web page Looking for the latest Dr. Fun Latest Dilbert Schedule for the Smithsonian in D.C. Sun Tzu and other Chinese classics Aikido dojo list & other Aikido files Chinese food recipe a week Movie database Icons and HTML guides WIRED! The Washingtonian magazine Fairfax & other local Journal papers Spencer: weird gifts, etc. Literature & Poetry Some of my favorite poems and similar fare (most at least partially memorized): Clementine (children's lullaby) Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll (this one has a great illustration) The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe Ulysses, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson NB - The Hunting of the Snark, also by Lewis Carroll, was the inspiration for Murray Gell-Mann's name for a certain type of subatomic particle: the quark. Literature (no, I haven't memorized these :->): Project Gutenberg Jane Austen at Project Gutenberg the Brontes at Project Gutenberg the Oz books at Project Gutenberg Andrew Lang's Red, Blue, Violet, and Yellow Fairy Books at Project Gutenberg Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden (here, at amazon.com) and A Little Princess (at amazon.com) Norman Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth (at amazon.com) Air's music Specifics - music, groups, songs I like lately: Screaming Trees (I heard Dust a bunch of times, finally asked who it was, and got it...) more Screaming Trees Enya and Clannad: Clannad (Atlantic Records' site) another Clannad site CD Universe's Clannad selection Clannad's 1990 "Love And Affection" and Screaming Trees' "All I Know" sound awfully similar to me... what do you think? What's the background on this? Dave Matthews Band - love his music, but we saw him perform at the Nissan Pavilion in Manassas & were very disappointed. Sound was horribly mixed - very muddled. Eric Clapton Pink Floyd (great concert at RFK!) Peter Gabriel Another Peter Gabriel page :-> Hootie & The Blowfish Moody Blues Blues Traveler Chant I-IV+ Yeah, you can't stand this one. Oh, well, because I really like Iron Butterfly's 1968 special, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. I went and bought the CD. Haven't gotten the version from The Simpsons yet. Specifics - music, groups, songs I've liked for a long time (since college, high school, or before) that I haven't gotten tired of yet: Don McLean's "American Pie" - he played in Pittsfield MA while I was at Williams College up there, and I got his autograph Don Henley's Boys of Summer Julie Brown - "Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun," "I Like 'em Big & Stupid," and so forth Billy Idol's early stuff Led Zeppelin most Sting Favorite non-pop music: Wagner's Ring cycle Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata" Mozart (the soundtrack from Amadeus for starters) the soundtracks from A Room With a View and other Merchant-Ivory movies Scott Joplin's rags General music info: The Ultimate Band List Lyrics HQ Sounds

TV, movies, and SF in general There's a whole other page for my favorite and most hated movies, actors and actresses, and characters, if you're interested. Superheroes merit their own page as well. General The IMDB, source of sources Get suggestions for movies you might enjoy, based on your feelings on other movies Movies around the country (MovieLink) Movies near where I live (MovieLink) Sony Theatres in VA - Worldgate in Herndon, Tysons Corner 8 Star Trek & other SF Battlestar Galactica - the new one only, of course! The *official* Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat) fan page Wondering how many silly particle names they made up for Star Trek? Generations List of Star Trek WWWs Darmok Dictionary--moved? Trek gopher TNG Drunk Trek (from when I went to Williams College) - link is broken, but a search for "Drunk Trek" on Google will turn up various versions Star Trek Actors' Other Roles And more... The B5 Lurker (although I haven't liked B5 much since the first season or so) Malcolm in the Middle Fox's official Malcolm site Bryan Cranston (Dad)'s website Jane Kaczmarek (Mom Lois) bio @ KidzWorld.com Christopher Masterson (Francis) @ Wikipedia - says his big brother is Danny Masterson on That 70s Show, and he's dating "Donna" (Laura Prepon)! Christopher Masterson (Francis) bio @ KidzWorld.com - the Wikipedia info plus some other commentary Christopher Masterson (Francis) @ IMDB That 70s Show Official site That 70s Central.com the show, @ Wikipedia Danny Masterson (Hyde) @ Wikipedia Danny Masterson (Hyde) @ IMDB Wilmer Valderrama (Fez) @ Wikipedia Wilmer Valderrama (Fez) @ IMDB Debra Jo Rupp (Mom Kitty) @ IMDB Debratopia.com Kurtwood Smith (Dad Red) @ IMDB - he's had parts in The X-Files, Voyager, and DS9 Laura Prepon (Donna) @ Wikipedia Laura Prepon (Donna) @ IMDB Mila Kunis (Jackie) @ Wikipedia - dating Macaulay Culkin *why*????? Mila Kunis (Jackie) @ IMDB Quotes from That 70s Show @ KidzWorld.com Topher Grace (Eric) @ Wikipedia Goofy TV shows for brain-dead kick-back time - or just feeling like being in college again Hercules and Xena, Warrior Princess (I like Hercules better) South Park The official Comedy Central South Park page, including the special Xmas Playground the South Park newsgroup (your server may or may not have it) Beef-Cake, an archive of sounds, images, and lines Scott & Mike's South Park page Kyle's South Park homepage (has music, so it may be slow to load) The X-Files The X-Files movie; here is its official page Fun X-Files crossovers: John Neville, who plays The Well-Manicured Man on the X-Files, was also The Baron in Baron Munchausen, Sir Isaac Newton on an episode of Star Trek: TNG, and "Grandfather" Lawrence in the Winona Ryder/Susan Sarandon version of Little Women Mitch Pileggi, aka. Skinner, met Eddie Murphy in a dark alley in Murphy's movie Vampire in Brooklyn and was an investigator in Basic Instinct Other stuff on TV/satellite/video/DVD: The Independent Film Channel Wallace & Gromit - claymation's best. Followed up by Nick Park's full-length claymation feature, Chicken Run. Coming out on October 7th: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit!!! Other stuff that's fun to play with Send a Lego e-postcard to a friend Save trees! Send an e-card to someone from the WWF's e-card site If the S&M Barbie site wasn't enough for you, try Xena and Barbie ... or Hacking Barney From the don't-try-this-at-home school, we have Grilling with LOX (liquid oxygen) The CIA, starting with a cool cryptography sculpture they have-- I saw an exhibit of this guy's work in D.C. a couple of years ago. The whole U.S. Tax Code If you haven't seen News of the Weird yet, you should! Scary history: Office of Human Radiation Experiments !!! Twinkie experiments: Scientific, with photos! Multiple experiments, including a Turing test! The Spy Magazine test from 7/89 Twinkie Torture Test Playing with other food: Marshmallow Bunny Survival Tests Dave Barry's flaming Pop Tarts experiment