Rediscovering McSweeney’s
Every once in a while I switch browsers and lose all my bookmarks… or switch bookmark systems (del.icio.us, Google bookmarks, etc.) and lose all my bookmarks. So it is especially great to rediscover a beloved site after a long hiatus and many lost bookmarks.
Today that site was McSweeney’s, a collection of short humorous writing. Its information architecture leaves something to be desired, but on the other hand, the tall narrow unstructured list of links gives you the feeling that it goes on forever. Thankfully, this is a good thing – I’ve yet to find a piece that hasn’t made me chuckle, and more often staving off an unprofessional guffaw in the middle of the office.
Read, explore, laugh. Here are just a few random links to get you started:
- Short Imagined Monologues: “SUBWAY SANDWICH ARTIST’S STATEMENT. …I think I’ve made it obvious that the even rows of roast beef are a satirical comment on the 1931 Iowa Cow War.”
- Reviews of New Food: “Homemade Mint Ice Cream: …And my lost childhood tasted like when you drop ice cream into a pile of dead leaves and then pick it up and eat it.”
- Open Letters to People or Entitles Who Are Unlikely to Respond: “An Open Letter to My Neighbor Who Frequently Sits Alone in His Truck: …Sometimes your wife is home when you do this, sometimes not. When she is, I often wonder if she looks out the window and wonders why her husband is sitting alone in the cab of his truck. ”
