Jesus Christ Super Store

Have you ever wanted to combine your respect for religion and your love for action figures all into one package? Now you can! This UK-based website sells action figures of Jesus Christ, Buddha, The Pope, Moses, the Dalai Lama, and even the Almighty himself. But act quickly - they've already sold out of several popular figures! And if you're not into action figures, be sure to check out their t-shirts. This store has it all! Talk about putting the Fun back into fundamentalism.

Internet Squeegee Guy

During the holidays we sometimes wish to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Here�s your chance to cyber-help a cyber-beggar, the Internet Squeegee Guy. He offers to wash the inside of your monitor screen, will you give him your spare cyberchange or will you shove him away. Check out Squeegee Guy�s press page for more information about him and his �cause.�

Howard's Tribute Band Heaven

Tribute bands (bands that sing other, more famous bands' songs, also called cover bands) are everywhere: at your local club, your high school reunion, and pretty much anywhere someone will pay them to imitate their favorite singers. This website gathers them all together for visitors to review, vote on, and trade messages about. There's even a Tribute Band mailing list that you can join. If you enjoy listening to other bands perform songs that weren't written or originally performed by them, well, then this is the site for you.

Curious George W.

"George W. was a happy little monkey. He lived on an estate in Texas without a care in the world," starts the Curious George W. website, which, yes, depicts George W. Bush as famed children book star (and monkey) Curious George. The website, which is laid out like a book, goes on to tell the story of curious GWB for seven more pages, but definitely isn't for toddlers. The ending, which I won't spoil for you here, is more than a little scary and could easily frighten and scar for life thousands of small children across the country. Proceed with caution!

Keeping Ken

Sure, everyone loves Barbie, but what about Ken? How about giving Ken a little attention? Surely those exact words went through the mind of Jef Beck shortly before he created this huge shrine to Barbie's love slave. The site offers a multitude of photos of Kens past, present, and future, trivia about the doll, and links to a site where you can buy, sell, or trade Ken items. Move over, Barbie: Ken has finally come into his own.

The Dialectizer

Ever wondered what your favorite website would look like had it been created by a redneck? How about a Swedish chef? Better yet, Elmer Fudd? While I've never once pondered these questions, you may well have, and if that's the case then this site is for you. Just enter the URL of the website in question, choose from several different dialects, and click on the "Dialectize!" button. You're instantly - or not so instantly, depending on the current server load - transported to a version of your website in whatever dialect you've chosen.

The Justice League

As someone who has read a lot of comic books over the years, I've always been frustrated with television's inability to "get it right" when it comes to animated adaptations of comic heroes. Well, no more. The Cartoon Network's Justice League definitely "gets it right," and then some. And this website is the Internet companion site to the television series. The site offers an episode guide, bios on the heroes and villains, a message board, and much more. The site is easy to navigate and has a lot of good information on upcoming episodes and even showcases tie-ins such as toys and comics based on the series. If you're a fan of the JLA then this is definitely a must-visit site.

SPAG

Remember text adventures? Companies like Infocom produced tons of them, including such titles as Zork, Enchanter, and Deadline, in the 70's and 80's. SPAG (Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games) is an online magazine dedicated to the lost art of text adventuring. The magazine reviews old games as well as new games (yes, a small but talented group of folks out there are still making text adventures) and covers the annual Interactive Fiction - which is a fancy name for text adventures - competition. If the phrase "there's nothing but dust there" resonates somewhere deep in your soul, you'll enjoy this site!

Disturbing Auctions

If you've spent any time at all looking through eBay and other auction sites, you've more than likely seen an auction that left you scratching your head and asking why? The folks at Disturbing Auctions not only ask why, they catalogue all of these weird auctions for your amusement and befuddlement. Witness the Pirate Mug or the Santa Claus toilet seat cover, both found for auction in May of 2000. This site is filled with weird home furnishings, strange clothing, and bizarre toys, all found up for auction on an Internet auction site. As disturbing as these auctions are, one can't help but wonder how disturbing the seller and buyer (if there was one) must be. Maybe someone should dedicate a site to those folks and cut out the middleman.

Global Shakeup

Described as a �World of Snowdomes and Float Pens,� this online shopping site lets you browse through countless snowglobes and pens with scenes floating and purchase them for yourself or your loved ones. They present themselves as a family business and offer to buy your old snowdomes. As you probably know, snowdomes or globes are those little plastic or glass tchotchkes that you shake to make some sort of snow float around in the slightly viscous liquid surrounding some plastic doo-dads. This site has them from all places and representing many cultures. I even found one of Julius the Funky Monkey. Perhaps you can find the perfect Christmas gift here for the person who loves kitsch.

The World's Oldest Tree

"Methuselah," Earth's oldest living inhabitant at 4,767 years, has lived more than a millennium longer than any other tree. Discover how this tree was found and where it lives, and learn of its unique strategy for survival. At this site, you can view images of the tree, read about its history, visit links to related sites, and more. Just don't tell the world's oldest living dog about it, or the tree may never reach year 4,768.

The IRS Website

This website is a perfect example of a well-executed parody. The site presents itself as the official IRS website, yet when you search for forms by date you're never given the right ones, certain links lead nowhere or just refer back to itself, the site is excruciatingly slow, and the "latest news" section is painfully out of date. Wait a second. I just realized this site isn't a parody after all. And these are the folks responsible for collecting and dealing with our taxes. I guess it does qualify as a Weird Website after all!

fridgedoor.com

Most of us (well at least me) just take whatever freebie magnets are given at restaurants, doctors, and pizza delivery places and stick those to our refrigerators. But, if you are a connoisseur of magnets and want to make sure your fridge follows a theme or a decorator milieu, then you need to shop this website. Here you can browse by subject (perhaps something from the Classic TV collection like Davey and Goliath), or by magnet brand (and if you actually are familiar with a magnet brand, you need to get out more). You can also check our what�s new like Spiderman magnets or Spongebob Squarepants. All told, a theme magnet might be the perfect Christmas gift for someone who has most everything. Except enough magnets.