Scamorama presents: The Lads from Lagos
Have you by any chance received one or more letters from a dignitary in Nigeria who has mysteriously gotten your name and desperately needs your help to help them claim millions of dollars in funds, for which they'll reward you generously? You have? You too? Amazing! This correspondence -- a unique form of internet literature -- comes to you courtesy of a crowd collectively known as the mugu guymen. Now you can visit a site that collects the cream of these missives, and the pranks of those who have opted to play with them: Scamorama presents: The Lads from Lagos. While you're laughing, remember: Some of your fellow citizens fall for this stuff. (Now look up the derivation of the word idiot.) While you're in this mood, stop by the website of the 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference, ostensibly held in 2003 as a guymen gathering -- doesn't every profession have such an event?

The Internet Archive
The web doesn't offer much in the way of a history of itself -- unlike, say, the printed word, there's no Library of Congress or other repository to which one can turn to find out exactly what appeared at say, this site, five years ago. Unless a site archives its own past material (as we do with quite a bit of ours), new material and new formats simply replace the old. About the closest thing the Web has to the LOC is The Internet Archive, which is "building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form." Click on the link above and try its Wayback Machine to search its archive of websites past (main pages, mostly) -- including this one.

The Church of Euthanasia
This is why God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us the 'Net: so that folks like the Rev. Chris Korda -- cross-dressing son of Michael K. -- at The Church of Euthanasia could sermonize on such matters as the church's "four pillars" -- abortion, cannibalism, sodomy and suicide. (In case you were wondering, they're advocates of all four). To say that they go well beyond Zero Population Growth puts it mildly. They have serious downsizing in mind, and a do-it-yourself attitude.

The Living Almanac of Disasters
Down in the dumps? Wondering why bad things happen to good people like yourself? Well, as The Old Philosopher used to say, "Lift your head up high and take a walk in the sun," because bad things happen to bad people too. In fact, they happen to all kinds of people, for no ostensibly sound reason. Want proof? Visit The Living Almanac of Disasters. Ah, schadenfreude. Nothing cheers people up more quickly than the misfortunes of others (except for those with imagination enough to wonder what it would feel like to have those things happen to them). Enter with care; proceed with caution.

Chronicles of the Future
Wanna know how it's gonna go? They're Chronicles of the Future, and their guess is as good as ours (or yours).