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 Q: So Shane, dude, you waste a lot of time surfing the web, am I right? A: I guess so. Q: Most people with a web site like to have some sort of link page to show how web-savvy they are. Surely you must have a few cool URLs you want to share. A: No, not really. Q: Oh come on! There must be something. A chat room, a message board, a porn site, a blog. Or maybe even a porn site… A: Well, perhaps I should mention the Internet Movie Database, the single greatest resource for film facts in the world today, supplanting even the thickest of Leonard Maltin's deforesting annuals. Q: Everybody knows about the imdb! My grandmother has it marked as her homepage. Don't you have something a little more obscure to point us at? Like porn? A: Well, as a writer, I often have to research all sorts of weird things. How Stuff Works is a great place to learn how a wide variety of common devices, gizmos and systems function. Q: Sometimes I fancy myself a writer, too. Anywhere else I should go? A: If you're like me, you find coming up with new and offbeat character names a chore. There's probably plenty of random name generators out there, but this is the one I use. Q: So how's about the porn? A: Shut up. Q: Hey Shane, you're a rebel, right? A: Uh, sure. I guess. Q: How can I stick it to The Man? A: Oh. The Man. Yeah, right. Him. Well, if you're opposed to corporate badgering and waste like I am, you can always participate in this worthwhile program. Q: Aw, that's just glorified recycling bullcrap. Someone out there must be fighting the good fight. A: Well, they're not targeting The Man. But I think we can all agree that fucking over pedophiles is pretty noble. And how better to fuck them over than to expose them for the useless dumbasses they are? Q: Well that was good for a laugh, I guess. But I'm looking for more traditional entertainment. Like movies. You're a film buff, what do you recommend? A: Bad movies can be fun. But the dregs of cinema are probably more interesting to read about in a detailed post mortem than to actually sit through. Q: No shit. So point me at some good movies. A: Didn't you know? All movies suck. Q: You sure own a lot of DVDs for someone who thinks that. Where do you get them? A: Mostly brick and mortar stores, but sometimes I have to shop online to find more obscure titles. Q: And failing that? A: There's always my gang of disreputable Asian exporters over at eBay. Q: Hey, how come you didn't link to eBay? A: Do I look like fucking Rosie O'Donnell to you, asshole? Q: Hey, Shane! A: What? Q: Gross me out. Go on, you must know of some twisted shit out there. You're a sick bastard after all. A: Okay, okay. Try this on for size. Q: Pft! Amateur hour. I thought you were going to show me something really rude. A: Well this always makes me a little queasy. Q: Mostly that's just sad. Put up or shut up. A: Fine. Q: …Good Lord. Choke. A: Speaking of taking the Lord's name in vain and other religious hypocrisy… Q: What the hell was that? Did I ask to have my faith questioned? A: I dunno. I thought it was kinda interesting. Q: Look, I take my religion very seriously and do my utmost to follow the word of God. Now where's that sweet, sweet porn? A: Oh fine. Go and scrounge up whatever gets you off. Q: But I don't want to do any research! That's like work. I just want to go straight to the nearest available smut. A: Smut has a pretty broad definition. It covers a lot of ground. Q: Just take me to it! A: Okay. Behold the broad spectrum of that which is sick, twisted, vile, depraved, titillating, obscene, or just plain nasty. Q: Holy shit. What the fuck's up with that site? A: I'm still trying to figure that one out myself. I think it's presented as humour — the sad panorama of misfortune, lust, irony and suffering that is human existence. With banner ads. Or maybe it's just a bunch of weird shit and naked chicks all cobbled together. Q: The world wide web certainly is a deluge of unregulated ideas and images, isn't it? Can't somebody save us from all this free thought? A: No. Q: Oh. Good. A: I'm bored now. Go away. Q: Wait! What other creative types, famous or infamous, should I check out when I've got nothing better to do? A: A few people spring to mind in a variety of fields. Mostly the ones with homepages or fansites I've visited before. Folks like Chuck Palahniuk, Evan Dorkin, Yoko Kanno, Matt Feazell and Don Hertzfeldt to name but a few. That should get you started. Q: Does that mean you endorse all their work? Every word, note, line or frame they've unleashed on the world? A: ...Umm. Okay. Sure. Why the hell not? Q: Thanks for all these swell links. I'll be so busy checking them out, I'll never have time to come back to your site. A: Oops. |