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Humor
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Baseball Almanac 
 This easy-to-use site offers baseball history, awards, records, feats, humor, lists, quotations, statistics, poetry, songs, U.S. presidential baseball trivia, rules, scoring, recommended reading, and a "year in review" section starting from 1901 for the American League and from 1876 for the National League. All features are searchable, including the quotations and "Fast Facts" found on every page. This site is a veritable field of dreams for baseball fans and reference librarians alike! http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ Topics: Baseball, Poetry, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 31, 2002 Computer Songs and Poems (Song and Poem Parodies with Computer Related Subjects)
Featuring such lines as "Bye, bye to my Apple II pie" and "When I was a lad I served a term, As office boy in a computer firm," this site has hundreds of parodies. Nothing is sacred--among the original sources are Christmas, Beatles, and Monty Python songs, and the works of Chaucer, Milne, and Seuss. Indexed by parody title and author and by original performer or author. http://www.poppyfields.net/filks/ Topics: Computers, Humor, Music, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 23, 2004 Don Marquis
Don Marquis was "a newspaper columnist, humorist, poet, playwright, and author of about 35 books of which the best known are books of humorous poetry about Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat." This site contains a chronology, selected Archy and Mehitabel stories, and links to other full-text works and related sites. http://www.donmarquis.com/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry, Writing Last updated Mar 30, 2006 The Food Reference Website
"Culinary history, facts, trivia, quotes, humor, poetry, crossword puzzles, recipes, newsletter," a Who's Who of Culinary Personalities , and a hotchpotch of interesting general and specialized food links are the ingredients in this Web site from a professional chef. http://www.foodreference.com/ Topics: Mysteries and More, Poetry Last updated Jan 9, 2002 A Librarian's Alphabet
This charming poem uses amusing couplets to describe librarianship. "H is for helpful. ... O is for overdue." From librarian Denise Plourde. http://dplourde.home.netcom.com/sampler/alphabet.html Topics: Librarianship, Poetry Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Publications of the War
This site presents examples of World War I publications such as "newspapers, propaganda material...comical gifts" and postcards. Most notable is a complete run of The Hydra, a newsletter the poet Wilfred Owen contributed to during his stay at Craiglockhart War Hospital. From Oxford University. http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/ Topics: Communications, Government, Military, Poetry, Politics, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 29, 2004 QuiltersBee
Lots of humorous lists and articles, a nice history of quilting, fabric care tips, a FAQ, fabric and quilt square swaps, links to quilting sites, quilt poetry, and quilting tips for beginners. http://www.quiltersbee.com/ Topics: Crafts, Poetry Last updated Mar 3, 2005 Smithsonian Folkways
"Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States," dedicated to "supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation and dissemination of sound." The site contains a searchable catalog of recordings (genres include folk, bluegrass, blues, humor, old time, poetry, and world music); events information; tour dates of featured artists; new releases; and more. http://www.folkways.si.edu/ Topics: Internet, Music, Musical Genres, Poetry Last updated Jun 18, 2008 Spirit of Trees
"Originally conceived of as an educational resource for the DC Memorial Tree Groves Project, a Washington, DC-based national memorial to the victims of 9/11," this site has developed into an independent resource. It consists of a collection of folktales, poetry, and essays which have tree-related themes. Searchable by country, type of tree, or category (such as humorous stories, parables, myths, scary stories). Includes links to essays, curriculum materials, and organizations related to trees. http://www.spiritoftrees.org/ Topics: Literature & Books, Plants, Poetry, Religion Last updated Apr 6, 2004 whichbook.net
A database of book, audio book, and large print titles, searchable by trait (including Demanding, Disgusting, Disturbing, Happy, and Funny), and by charcter type, plot elements, and setting. Each record includes comments, sometimes an extract, and suggested similar titles of "fiction and poetry in paperback written in or translated into English and published (with very few exceptions) since 1995." Books are reviewed by staff of British libraries and literature organizations. Formerly known as Book Forager. http://www.whichbook.net/ Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Nov 16, 2006 |
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