College perfects the art of online procrastination. Some of these sites will waste your time, some will be worth your time, and all will take at least one second to load after you click on it. Maybe longer if you found a dial up modem somewhere to use.
JesseOverman.com
Jesse is an editor by trade, so hire him for that. More importantly he is living in South America and sharing the many mishaps he’s getting into and lessons he’s supposed to be teaching. Don’t expect him back in the States until he gets in enough trouble to be exiled from Ecuador.
Matt in West Africa
Seib spent four years in school, did the internship thing, got job offers, decided to go to grad school, could have again gotten a job closer to me, but instead decided to go off and work on saving the world. He’s in the Segou region of Mali in West Africa doing waste water management stuff. Warning: There is quite a bit of discussion about Mr. D, and “D” does not stand for dog.
svdodge.com
Without Sammie-D this site would look like it was built using Kid Pix. He also has a camera that when the shutter is released it somehow makes the image, no matter who it is, not look like crap. If that doesn’t convince you, Sam was a coconspirator in going Office Space on a copier with Daryl and I. Enough said.
Fark.com
When the real news starts to depress you, Fark will subsidize it with such irrelevant news stories that the mainstream stuff fades quickly out of mind.
Redbull.com
Because I feel as though Red Bull should care about me. I have no sport or dramatic expedition to be sponsored in, so it would have to be a life sponsorship. They could share their delicious product with me by the case, and in return I will drink it and tell people how awesome it is.