Strange Meat

The hot weather perks some people up, but I must have a touch of the reptile—I downshift and dawdle, distracted from my labors. I wander off into odd byways of the web, looking for snack fare. From before the glory days of the "Hamster Dance," similarly disinclined technorati have left behind a trail of low-calorie and completely pointless websites. I drag this strange meat back to the ncpr.org cave complex in the occasional feature called BITIL—Breathtakingly Inane and Totally Incomprehensible Links.

There’s must-hear audio ranging from Dolly Parton singing Led Zeppelin’s "Stairway to Heaven" to the alt-Christian performer Yodeling Theresa. And music video nuggets, such as Leonard Nimoy singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins." For the macabre there is The Death Clock, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and the compelling but cruel Yeti Baseball. There are animated gems such as Muffin Films and my sullen favorite, Strindberg and Helium. The three newest BITIL entries are Improbable Research, Crank Dot Net, and the endlessly fascinating Zen Toy. While the warm weather lasts, submit your own delicacies to BITIL. Mmmm—tasty.