Here are a few of the nouns (i.e., people, places and things) that I enjoy, prefer and recommend.
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Cinema, Radio & Television Eateries & Eats Humor Languages & Literature Locales Music Stores & Services
Cinema, Radio & Television
Beautiful Thing an urban fairy tale from the silver screen
Lord of the Rings the Tolkien 'trilogy' takes to the screen
Star Trek: Continuum The official site.
Daystrom Institute a stellar collection of details for the "Techie"
Battlestar Galactica a childhood favorite now making a comeback
Star Wars a favorite well before Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones
Public Television
National Public Radio
Steve Penk UK radio personality
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Eateries & Eats
Supreme Master Ching Hai Vegetarian House, Phoenix, AZ: heaven rolls
Chilis: black bean burger
Red Robin, West USA: bottomless french fries and wrapped veggie burger
Magic Muffins, Cahaba Heights, AL: German applesauce muffin
Gold Bar: indie coffee house in Tempe
Ed deBevic's, has sadly closed in Phoenix
Pita Jungle: 1000 bean pita or blue corn nachos
Cornerhouse café, Manchester, England
Parmenter's sandwich shop, Oxford, England
Shakespeare pub & grille, San Diego: veggie cottage pie, real chips!
mint Club Bars (United Kingdom retail)
Lipton: hot tea
PJ's Coffee, New Orleans: best frozen coffee granita in the world
Orangina: sparkling orange drink
Mom: green bean casserole
Café Atchafalaya, New Orleans: blacked-eye pea dip
My Florist Café, Phoenix: great Cheese on Baguette and gourmet PBJ sandiwches
La Madeleine's bakery: tomato and basil soup
Malee's on Main, Thai-American, in Scottsdale, AZ
Vegetarian Pages
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Humor
Dame Edna's, website, possums!
Simeon's Cave of Magic the "magical" powers of observation
How to Keep an Idiot Busy
Anti-motivational posters
Boy the Bear's Age Gauge, shows you fun facts based on your birthdate
Urban Legends, a comprehensive resource
Sand Art, to pass all the free time
virtual Etch-A-Sketch, for all the other time
I Want a Hippopotamus, my new favorite Christmas carol
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Languages & Literature
ASL
Spanish
Russian
Russian tech support
A Word A Day, vocabulary-building email service
Babelfish on-line translator
Babylon on-line and downloadable translator
Literature
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Locales
Manchester, England