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Carl DickasonCarl Dickason - Tucsonian, photographer, musician, teacher and sound guru - not necessarily in that order Neil WoodwardNeil Woodward - friend, musician and host of great parties Brandy CoryCory is another niece of mine. She contributes to a food blog called The Experimental VegAna Michigan's TroubadourNeil Woodward is Michigan's Troubadour - officially designated by the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives
Buxom MelonsBuxom Melons - it's a fruit crate label Web Designarachnyd.com is a web design and development company specializing in creating custom websites for small businesses and nonprofits. "eyeballs stick like glue when we spin web for you" ErikaErika dances with the Dayton Ballet. She is another niece of mine
(I am rich in nieces and nephews)
MegArtMegArt is computer art created by Dale Adcock. He creates some exquisite images and can reproduce them as posters for your wall on a very fancy color printer. CainGreg Cain - a musician, an activist and a renaissance kind of guy rica Ken Pritz WXPN is a public radio station out of Philadelphia which plays a very good mix of music.
They stream, so you can listen to it from anywhere.
Brew GuyYes, I am a home brewer - I do a pretty good job and I have a largish website dedicated to the topic. Chomphraprachasan Rinnada is my great friend whom I met online while she was teaching at the Chomphra-
prachasan School in Thailand.  Now she is married to an Englishman and is living in Manchester. 
DRISDetroit Radio Information System is a reading service for print-disabled people. BeeHooBeeHoo is an excellent online resource for people who are interested in keeping bees. Look for other bee links on my bees page (linked from the home page) RoshRosh Sillars is an excellent photographer specializing in journalistic styles. His company, the Rosh Group, can supply photographers and graphic artists for a wide range of commercial work in any style Space NeedleThe top of this crested saguaro seemed to pair well with the picture of the Seattle Space Needle. The link is to the official website of the Space Needle. Mufflermen and Big StovesDetroit is home to the world's largest stove. When I was a child, it stood near the bridge to Belle Isle - but it was taken down when it got old. Now it has been restored and lives at the State Fairgrounds. Follow the link to a site about such things all over the USA.
Projecct Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet. Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded, read, and redistributed for non-commercial use Book Crossing BookCrossing

Read and Release for books - spread the words
"Oh, it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read."
--Oscar Wilde
Fedora-LinuxFedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.
The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join.
WebmonkeyWebmonkey is a free, public resource for web developers. Builders, designers and programmers like you — the people who know best — write the articles, tutorials, code snippets and other contributions. Sherlock HolmesAn anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was none the less in his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction. The OnionThe Onion
America's finest news source.
BBC7BBC7 replays BBC content - many radio plays of different kinds (my favorite are the mysteries) as well as a mix of new and old comedy.
Northtowne ChevyNorthtowne Chevrolet is a full-service Chevrolet dealership in the northern suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. Today in HistoryToday in History will give you a long list of birthdays, events and holidays for any day of the year. SnopesJust got another one of those irritating mass-mailing warnings about a new virus or new danger to worry about? Go to Snopes.com to check its authenticity - they report on urban legends and such things.

Please, please check any warning you want to send me - then don't send it anyway.
Homemade SegwayAre you fascinated by the Segway but unwilling to spend the bucks?  This guy made his own version using off-the-shelf parts for about half the cost. The site gives a complete description. No Beer No WorkThat first picture (before you hover on this link) is me a few years ago.  The link will take you to the first 5 verses of Ellis Parker Butler's poem "No Beer, No Work."  waxySex Wax is for your stick - or if you don't surf, you can just keep it around to amuse guests. Geocaching If you own a GPS receiver and are looking for something amusing to do with it, why not try geocaching? Using the GPSr and the latitude and longitude available on this site, you can have the fun of locating a hidden cache and incidentally seeing some place of beauty that you may not have found otherwise.
beer historybeer history - explore the site from the linked page tattooTattoos around the world tastyWhat about all those Indian temples with erotic bas reliefs? Here are a few pix of them as well as some other related religious art. Old Radio ShowsOTRCat.com sells Old Time Radio shows in mp3 format at very reasonable rates.  Remember The Lone Ranger?  What about Boston Blackie, The Whisperer, Abbot and Costello or Gene Autry?  You can find these and many more at OTRCAT.com Beer AdvocacyThe Beer Advocate is a forum for the review and discussion of my favorite beverage. hops sourceTheatricum Botanicum A catalog of rare and strange plants including several varieties of hops as well as many herbs with medicinal properties. girl geniusGirl Genius is a wonderful comic created by Phil Foglio.  You can buy the comic or simply read it, day by day, as it is posted online.