Worthy Distractions

• Matisyahu
  Of all the Hasidic reggae rappers out there, this guy is my favorite. Listen to him now, thank me later.
• www.fark.com
  The enemy of productivity everywhere.
• www.desslok.com
  My two favorite memories of the sixth-grade: finding the Suzanne Sommers issue of Playboy on my paper route, and watching "Star Blazers" before school each morning.
• www.banksy.com
  An amazing artist and phantom pop-culture icon.
• AudioBooksForFree
  Free MP3 audio books. Load up that iPod.
• Surreal Web Toys and Games
  I particularly like the Spammer Name Generator.
• www.galleryoftheabsurd.com
  Gossip-fueled celebrity art.
• The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
  Finally, a site dedicated to the 20th century's more prolific artist.
• Backspace
  One of the best online writing communities out there.
• Squaw Valley Community of Writers
  An incredible conference for aspiring writers who take their craft seriously, and one of the last bastions of Bohemianism.
• SecretIdentities.org
  The first Asian American superhero anthology.
• Adfreak
  The most thought-provoking advertising from around the globe.