Click of The Week — Archives

Interactive Presidential Election Map (10/22/10)

Journey North--Tracking Monarch Migration (8/25/10)

Awful Library Books (8/2/10)

The Geocitiesizer (7/20/10)

George Orwell's Blog (2/8/09)

Time for Tuckerman (1/3/09)

Story from Future Update
(12/20/08, with a Flick o da Stringy Tail to Dave Becker!)

SomeGood's Antarctic Skiing Adventure (12/13/08)

The Brian Williams Tie Report (11/30/08)

The Golden Snowball Award (11/24/08--it's that time again!)

Kitschy Kitschy Coo (11/18/08, with yet another thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

The Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator!(10/31/08)

Interview Sarah Palin!(10/12/08)

Dickipedia(9/24/08)

The Flesh Map of Music (9/6/08)

The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks (8/29/08, with yet another thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!

Five Thirty-eight (8/12/08); also check out Electoral Vote.com.

Plush Giant Microbes (5/7/08, with yet another thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Pimp My Rice Paddy (8/4/07, with yet another thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Silly Molecule Names (7/4/07)

The Third Nipple (6/2/07--and the Ratt doesn't recall who to thwack for this one.)

Papercut Art (9/10/06, with yet another thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Cooking Ratts and Mice (5/14/06, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Ratt Laundry (4/30/06)

The Toilet Seat Problem Solved (2/14/06, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

The News in Limericks (1/22/06)

Beedogs (1/15/06)

Demotivators  (12/11/05, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews!)

Spam Stock Tracker (10/14/05, with yet another thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!

Urinal.net (10/7/05, with a Twitch of the Stringy Tale to BT's Bradley!)

Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster (8/31/05)

Usenet Misspellings (A Scholarly Work) (6/20/05)

The Drunk Walk  (5/28/05, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Tom Cronin!
[Use your mouse to help the drunken dude stay upright.
It's expecially tough, because you can't see your mouse. ¿How many meters can you go?])

  Disturbing Auctions  (3/31/05, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Support Our Ribbons (3/24/05)

Peeps Redux (3/18/05)


Lost Ski Areas of New England
(2/13/05, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Alan Muir!)

Flame Warriors  (2/6/05, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Textbook Disclaimers  (1/29/05, with a thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

The Geography Olympics  (1/13/05)

Marry an American! (12/5/04)

Votergasm.org  (10/27/04, thanx to BoaterTalk.)

Ugly Bridesmaids' Dresses  (8/11/04, thanx to NPR Radio.)

Pop vs. Soda  (7/15/04; a big-ol' twitch of the Stringy Tail to Sharon Heller.)

Donald Rumsfeld Quotes  (6/11/04; you can find lots more sites simply by Googling Rumsfeld quotes.)

Nice Tits!  (5/17/04; another twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dirty-Ole-Man Rick Andrews!)

Combovers  (3/21/04; another twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

The Google Non-whack  (3/14/04; might be offensive to some.)

Sky and Telescope's Interactive Sky Chart  (2/26/04; with a big-ol' twitch of the Stringy Tail to Jim Martini!)

The International Rock, Paper, Scissors Strategy Guide  (2/10/04; with a big-ol' twitch of the Stringy Tail to Michelle Andrews!)

Reptilian Photos  (1/11/04; let's give a twitch of the Stringy Tail to DangerJudy!)

The International Insult List  (11/12/03;yet another twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

The Gnome Liberation Front  (11/5/03)

Extreme Pumpkins  (10/29/03; another twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

 Physics in the Movies  (10/20/03)

The Geek Test  (8/10/03; a schlapp of the Stringy Tail to BT's Elvez!)

Dolphin Sex FAQ!  (7/22/03)

The Loon Cam  (6/15/03)
Hey--will you look at that: there was also an Alaskan Loon Cam! ¿Kewell, huh?

Digital Clock  (1/16/03; A twitch of the Stringy Tail to Tom Cronin!)

Snow Crystals  (1/5/03; A twitch of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

AOL CD Collecting  (11/7/02; this and the follerin' link are courtesy of NPR Radio's Rewind©!)

No More AOL CDs!  (11/7/02)

Automated Mushroom ID'ing Database  (10/30/02)

Squirrel Fishing  (10/23/02, with a big twitch of the stringy tail to Roscoe & Sally!)

Stick Figure Death Theatre  (10/13/02)

The Gallery of Regrettable Foods  (9/28/02; another twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

The Museum of Hoaxes  (6/30/02; a twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt! [Be sure to click on Top 10 April Fools.)

Alfred Hitchcock's Cameos  (6/24/02; an invaluable reference, ¿no?)

The Watergate Timeline  (6/17/02, in honor of the 30th anniversary!)

Parisian Asphalt Initiative  (4/24/02; a twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

Fun with Calvatia!  (4/17/02)

The Teton Dam Disaster  (3/17/02; let's  hear it for the Pork Barrel!)

Rattso del Flatulato  (2/20/02; A twitch ofthe Stringy Tail to Alan Muir!)

The USA Patriot Registration  (2/15/02; A twitch of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews!…and be sure to surf around the site for lotsa good Red, White, & Blue info!)

Test your Knowledge of Beer Labels  (1/29/02; yet another twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Bad Business Bureau  (1/20/02)

The World Record Gum Wrapper Chain  (1/12/02; I'm speechless.)

My Cat Hates You  (1/4/02; A twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Totally Stupid  (12/29/01; A twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

Fun with Potatoes!  (11/6/01; A twitch of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Annie Edson Taylor's First Descent (10/24/01, in honor of the hundredth anniversary! Also check out the following lynx: IAW, almanac, history, and trivia.)

The Nose Knows  (8/29/01; move your mouse around over the photo. A twitch of the Stringy Tail to Tom Cronin!)

Random Band Name Generator  (8/24/2001; also see this example!)

X-Wipes  (8/18/2001; I'm thinking GW Bush, of course! For a more direct service, see WhatPresident.com.)

The Famous Kayaker Flip Animation  (7/21/2001, as a tribute to the incomparable William Nealy)

The Roller Coaster Database  (7/15/2001, because we'll be going to Cedar Point soon)

Curry  (7/8/2001; what can you say about this guy???)

Bonsai Kitten!  (6/30/2001; a big-ol' Flip of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews, for informing me that this delightful bit of informative kitticulture is baaaack!)

Cheap, Low-tech Graphics (6/22/2001)

The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics (5/19/2001)

Superstore (5/13/2001; also check out Sports Figurines, with a similar theme!)

The Museum of Depressionist Art (5/7/2001; a great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to AndyR for this one!)

Nikola Tesla (4/29/2001; yet another great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt for this one!)

The I.S.P.C.A. (4/22/2001; a big-ol' twitch of the Stringy Tail to Ron Tomallo for this one!)

Manbeef (3/24/2001; yummy!)

Rock & Roll Hall of Shame (3/14/2001; yet another great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt for this one!)

Freespeling.com (3/4/2001; yet another great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to NPR Radio's Rewind© for this one!)

DotRefugee.com (2/25/2001; another great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to NPR Radio's Rewind© for this one!)

Bad Astronomy (2/20/2001; I was inspired to goto this site after Fox TV aired a dreadful "investigative report" which was skeptical of the reports that man had landed on the moon. Go to this site to check out why Fox is full of feathers!)

Buy an engraved portrait of a famous scientist! (2/11/2001)

CNNdn.com (2/1/2001, another parody site by Zack Exley [of course, he manages to piss off CNN with this stunt]!!)

US Supremes B-Slap (1/19/2001, in honor of what happened the following day; Hail to the Thief!!)

Rush Debates Reality (1/12/2001, in honor of his 50th birthday!!)

GW Bush or Chimp? (1/6/2001; thanx and a Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Redun-Meister Dennis Thayer!!)

Tacky Christmas Light Displays (12/20/2000; down, as of 8/26/01)

The Dead People Server (12/11/2000; don't forget to check out Schrödinger's Cat!)

Book a Minute (12/1/2000)

The Flaming Grape in the Microwave (11/18/2000; a great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to NPR Radio's Rewind© for this one!
Be sure to click around the site, so you can see what happens when you put pop-tarts or a compact disk into the microwave--oh, and don't forget to read his disclaimer!)

Beer Microscopy (11/10/2000; a great big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Bill Vandever!)
Also check out Wine, Ice Cream, and all the other stuff in Molecular Expressions' Photo Gallery!

The Second Coming Project (11/5/2000)

The Adam Clymer Fan Club (10/26/2000; thanx to Redun-watcher Kevin Tice for this one!)

Changing the Climate (10/22/2000)

Davey Hearn's Olympic Journal (9/7/2000)

Sell Yer Vote Online! (8/26/2000; okay, the Ratt Boy really doesn't endorse this thang [it's gotta be illegal in 58 states!], butt...well, no surprise here in August, 2001, that it's gone...gone.)

Virtual Kayak Slalom! (8/10/2000; thanx to Thomas Heidbrier for this link! Gone as of 8/26/01.)

GenoChoice (7/26/2000; thanx to The Urban Legends Reference Pages for this link!)

The Lobsterman’s Page (6/23/2000; thanx to Alan Muir for this link! While you're there, check out Molting and Lobster Sex!)

Market Research for Panhandlers (5/29/2000; thanx to DonR for this link!)

The Gas Price Watch (5/21/2000; thanx to Chuck from Where’s George for this link!)

Red Meat (The Tone Arm of Turbidity) (5/12/2000; You want more? Then check out the whole Meat Locker!)

The Multilingual Swear List (4/26/2000; thanx to Kevin Tice for this link! Need I warn you that the language in this site will be offensive to some?)

The Malkovized Ratt Hole (4/20/2000; thanx to Eric Princen for this link!)

Interactive Constructor (4/11/2000; thanx to Diana Andrews for this link!)

Betty Bowers (4/6/2000; thanx to somebody on G W Bush for this link!)

Sandy River of the Week (link fixt!!) (3/28/2000; thanx to “Socemdog” Sayler for this link!)

The Penguin Tripp (3/21/2000; click on all the gifs to see a precursor to the Ratt’s peregrinations!)

The Dull Men’s Club (3/15/2000)

Virtual Bubble Wrap (3/8/2000; thanx to Cliff Wire for this link!)

Send Me a Dollar (3/1/2000; check out his reviews of other beggar websites!)

BushyDance (2/24/2000; thanx to Steve Ingalls for this link!)
(While you’re there, check out the other candidates! And let’s not forget the Fishy Dance and, if you’re not offended by such thangs, the Jesus Dance!)

Random Elizabethan Curses (2/16/2000)

Mahir’s Website: “I kiss you!” (2/9/2000; click on “story” to read of a true Net phenomenon!)

The Great Japanese Underwear Detective (2/2/2000)

Web Cams around the World (1/25/2000)

The Birthday Finder (1/11/2000)

Slippery River of the Week (link fixt!!) (12/29/99; thanx to “Socemdog” Sayler for this link!)

The Canadian Plan for World Domination (12/22/99; thanx to Paul Skoczylas for this link!)

The Imposter Ratt Hole (12/16/99; ¿who is this guy?)

What Does Your Phone Number Spell? (12/8/99; thanx to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt for this link!)

Science Made Stupid (12/3/99; gone as of 8/26/01)

The Degree Confluence Project (11/24/99)

Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition (11/17/99; thanx to Hall-o-Shamer Chris Kiehl for this link!)

Vermin Brewing (11/11/99; thanx to Chris Earl for this link!)

Louis Farrakhan Sing-a-Long (11/3/99)

Auto Dave (10/29/99; thanx to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt for this link!)

Birthing Patent (10/20/99)

Where’s George? (10/13/99)

Cliché Finder (10/8/99)

Stop Kiddie Porn (or Something), from Good Gravy Productions (10/1/99)

The Mother of All Barbecue Grills (9/23/99 -- scroll down a bit. Still a kewl site.)

Complaint Generator (9/17/99)

Virtual Dog Poop (9/9/99--no longer in existence. No great loss.)

Rat Haus Reality (9/2/99;thanx to DonR for this link!)

Find a Grave (8/26/99; check out Ludwig Boltzmann!)

Dark and Stormy Night (8/20/99; thanx to Hunter Coleman for this link!)

The Death Test (8/12/99)

Nixon Resigns! (8/8/99, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of his announcement. Also see The Watergate Timeline.)

Fake Lottery Tickets (7/30/99--oooops! another brokelink!)

Misrocoft’s Web Cam (7/25/99; thanks to Ken Strickland for this link.)

Naked Mole Ratts (7/16/99; thanks to Dave Becker for this link. 5/19/01: looks like this one's a goner, butt there are plenty of other kewl critter cams in that link, so it ain't a total loss.)

GW Bush (7/9/99; be sure to read the legal notices here. This site would never have gotten many hits if its target had kept its big mouth shut.)
All Gore (7/9/99; actually a more professional, funnier site than GW Bush; however, the target’s response to the GWBush site is very funny.)

The Furby Hooker Network (7/2/99)

The Cockroach Home Page (6/26/99; thanks to The Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt for this link.)

Barfman (6/19/99; it was a cute java applet, butt it's gone)

Dave Barry for President (6/12/99; click on the “Dave Barry in 2004” picture, then let yer mouse hover on Dave’s nose for a raaather juvenile Java script!)

Loch Ness (6/4/99)

The Jive Server (5/27/99; thanks to Sue Sexton for this link.)

The Cat Scan (5/20/99)

Astronomy Pic-o-The Day (5/15/99; thanks to Dennis Thayer for this link.)

Kodak’s Peregrine Falcons (5/8/99)
(There’s a pair of peregrine falcons nesting atop the Kodak building in Rochester. Kodak has mounted a camera about four feet from the nest and the picture changes every minute or so. Thanks to Caroline Muir for this link.)

Toilet Bowl Fortune Telling (5/3/99; thanks to Kathy Kempson for this link. Gone as of 5/19/01.)

Gallery of Obscure Patents (4/26/99; thanks to Peik Borud for this link.)
Aw, dangit. As of 6/1/01, this will be a subscription-only service. How udderly un-Nettish!

Peeps (4/18/99)

Viruses (3/31/99)

Flaming Pop-Tarts (3/25/99)

A Motorboat Ender (3/18/99; gone. Too bad; it was pretty kewl.)

The Famous Exploding Whale (which many thought to be an urban legend; it’s real, folks!) (3/10/99)

The Spam Cam (which attempted to answer the question: “Is Spam organic?”) (3/5/99)

The Ratt Fan Club (2/24/99)

Photo from the NPFF Festival (2/18/99; this one's gone, I believe.)

The Hampster Dance! (Best if you have a sound card) (2/12/99; this one's been removed.)

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