Happy Hour: Changing the World One Drink at a Time!

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Wine Music Festivals
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I've assembled some interesting sites for you. If you discover a site worthy of inclusion, go ahead: email the URL to me.

RECENT ADDITIONS TO BO ZAZA'S LINK TRAIN

HH Crew Photos

HH Life Skills

National Hurricane Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Broward County Emergency Management
Palm Beach County Emergency Management
Alachua County Emergency Management
Emergency Management Sites for all Florida Counties
Local Weather Radar
Hurricane Tracking History
Channel CBS4
Channel 7 WSVN
Hurricane Paths of 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1998

SureGlow.com - Party Supplies, Glowsticks, Glow Necklaces, Magnetic Flashing Lights and more!

Ready - from the US Department of Homeland Security

Why are all the dark spots so interesting?

Toaster Museum - a museum dedicated to the greatest invention since sliced bread.

Paper Airplane Flight Simulator.

Rank and Yank - many corporations are re-evaluating the process of forced ranking performance appraisals. Also here and here.

Mad Cow - I recommend that you don't have your speakers on at work when you click this. Try headphones.

Ze Frank's Kaleidoscope

T-Rex: the antidote to driving boredom

If you like the T-Rex, you should check out the Vigillante or the whole 3-wheeler world. I highly recommend the tour

The Weird World of the Pagan Fishgod Priests

Hippie Skivvies

Haunted Fort Lauderdale

Pagan Fishgod Priests - kindred spirits if I ever saw one

Bohner Beer

National Do-Not-Call List

Hotel Zaza

Squeegee Guy

Not Writing

Flies on the Wall, and on the Ceiling, and in the Sky

The Handlebar Club

White Trash Christmas

Man Burns Penis with Laptop

The Street Harassment Project: making streets safer for women

In your face Bitch magazine

Fishing Ain't So Bad

Touch of Death

Modest Mouse

Crop Circles - so, what do they mean?

NerdSlut - graphically charting relationships.

Tattoo Magazine

Quadrant Sign Code - paranoia must be hell to live with.

Johnny Glow - "Hallelujah! I can see where to pee!"

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HAPPY HOUR CREW

Happy Hour Crew - photos of the HH Crew here.

Nate Bloom - Bass Master.

Bloom, Watts Family Stuff.

WAG3 - Bill Giberson's commercial site.

Winos That I Know - Bill's oenophiliacs.

Mark Welsh - A Tribute

A Full Feature Film about Marshall Bloom - a soon-to-be-released film is now in progress documenting the life of man on the edge.

Lee Stevens - HH Crew Lee's business page for Orion Technology - designed by Linda.

Pubmates International - a HH group of partiers in Washington, D.C., not unlike our own. (Formerly IBAC)

Bellaholics - Happy Hour in Washington, DC, where they have to drink because the rest of the country sends them complete idiots every two years.

Ladies United for the Preservation of Cocktails - Happy Hour in Pennsylvania.

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HAPPY HOUR

Broward County Florida Bars A-M - my own list of HH bars. Send me an email anytime you run across a bar that's new, closed, or even one that's just changed management.

Broward County Florida Bars N-Z - the other half of the list.

Palm Beach County Florida Bars - my own list of HH bars. I don't get to Palm Beach as often as I do Broward, so this list suffers a bit.

Bar Car - booze and schmooze on the net (I really like this)

City Links - Fort Lauderdale - the Sun-Sentinel's weekend entertainment rag.

South Florida - Digital City - another collection of web sites from the Sun-Sentinel.

New Times - - weekend entertainment rag for various cities, such as: Miami, Broward and Palm Beach, Phoenix, Denver, Cleveland, San Franciso, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Kansas City.

Nightguide Fort Lauderdale - nice organization of information.

Nightguide Miami - nice organization of information.

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BEER LINKS

Eric's Beer Page - a collection of beer and home brewing links

Beer Is My Life - Gak's rather ambitious creation spills over the top of your beer mug like fine head.

The Real Beer Page - great one-stop source

Beertown - Organization devoted to beer and home brewing beer.

Palm Beach Draughtsmen - Home Brewing Beer Club of Palm Beach, Florida

Meadlennium III - Central Florida Home Brewers group

Oliver Kleinhenz - Let Ollie show you how to get ready for Oktoberfest

Micro Gallery of Beer - If you think you know beer, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Great color photos of beer; up close - very close.

Bite-Me Beer Page - lots of beer links and even has a few beer games, but I just don't get the point.

Budweiser - be sure to lie about your age if you're not 21.

Miller - the high life.

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FOR GRAPE NUTS ONLY - WINE LINKS

Wine - a good list of wine links.

Wine Spectator - magazine for oeniphiles.

Robin Garr's Wine Lovers' Page - A very nice compilation of wine knowledge neatly organized.

World Wine Web - an extensive collection of wine information

German Wine Page - a site devoted to German wines

Chateau Haut-Brion - France

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild - France

Beringer - California

Carneros Creek - California

Kendall-Jackson - California

Penfolds - Australia

Vampire Wine - a blood red wine from Transylvania

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FUN WITH LIQUOR

Scotch Malt Whisky Society - nice-looking website, but it often looks blurry.

That's the Spirit - entertaining and drink ideas.

Webtender - an absolutely great device to help you find that drink recipe.

BarMeister - An online guide to drinking

Bombay Sapphire Gin - a clear remedy for today's stress.

Stoli - the site of Stoli, Stolichnaya, etc.

Absolut - absolutely delicious!

Ikon Vodka - true Russian vodka.

Cuervo Tequila - Make my margarita with Cuervo Especiale please.

Jack Daniels - great site, good use of web tricks (keep your sound ON).

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WACKY, WEIRD, AND JUST PLAIN ZORKED!

Cluster Ballooning - the rumors were true!

Gravilux - this is way more fun than Spirograph or Etch-a-Sketch

Naoto Hattori - New York artist with a modern take on a Bosch theme.

Naked Dancing Llama - aren't you the least bit curious?

Blue Dog Can Count - a single click can explain it all.

Museum of Dirt .

CTRL-ALT------DEL - Dutch artists creating bizarre graphics.

Marshmallow Peeps - ya gotta wonder about some folks.

Alligator Bob's® Gourmet Alligator meat snacks

Trigger - Roy's favorite horse, preserved forever, courtesy of Find-A-Grave.

Wacky Patent of the Month - my favorite is the Brass Monkey weather indicator.

Kaleidoscope Painter - you, too, can be a modern graphics artist.

The Exploding Whale - low-tech method of pollution control.

Smithsonian Museum

Women Behind Bars - and I don't mean the ladies serving you drinks.

Dr Wang

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SATIRE

The Onion - entertaining satire.

Suck - no longer being created, but the pages are still held on some server.

Jesus of the Week - fascinating inspiration.

The Keep - The Breastscan Project: an interesting selection of XXX-rated pictures, plus some other amusements.

The Daily Bikini - a colorful treat for your monitor (right).

Dick Cheney's Cardio Cam - interior view of the number two artery.

Furious George - malevolent monkey mahem

Jack Hammer - Ok, I thought the Vagina Gaff was disturbing: but Jack Hammer goes much deeper; just not as deep as the Baby Jesus Butt Plug

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey: philosophy with a twist.

Calvin and Hobbes - archives from Bill Waterson's great comic.

The Dilbert Zone - the corporate jester of the '90's.

DOODIE - very strange, potty humor

All Your Trailer Park Are Belong To Us - brought to you by the creator of Leprosy Barbie, and Tourette's Syndrome Barbie.

Losers on the Internet - a compendium of crap.

Mutton Bone - this just raises all kinds of questions about other people.

Homer Simpson - Homer is cool and he loves beer.

2600 - serious hackers

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MUSIC LINKS

Singer's House Concert Series - live music in people's homes; way cool

Heat Beat - highly connected local jazz and blues resource

Blue At Heart - WKPX DJ Dar's personal blues website.

South Florida Entertainment Resource - good collection of South Florida information (lots of bad spelling, too).

Broward Arts - links to county-sponsored cultural events

Jazz Online - extensive jazz site by Warner Brothers.

Downbeat - America's best jazz magazine.

FreeJazz.Org - an online site to discuss all things jazz.

People In Jazz - a list of jazz musicians assembled by WWWNUR.

More Jazz Artists - another list of jazz musicians assembled by a John McLaughlin fan.

Rolling Stone - rock magazine.

House of Blues - a nationwide chain of topnotch blues clubs.

Alligator Records - small Chicago label with the greatest blues legends.

Zydeco - whoop it up; great lookin' site.

Blue Collar Music - blues label.

IUMA Records - blues label.

Lyrics World - the words to many older popular tunes.

Dr John - my favorite cajun/zydeco musician.

Vonda Shepard - the female vocalist on Ally McBeal.

Candy Dulfer - jazz saxophonist.

Mister Bo - Bo Carlsson is an experienced blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and usurper of my good name

Bill Wharton & the Ingredients - this guy cooks on stage, literally.

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FESTIVALS

FestivalFinder - locate over 1,500 music festivals in North America, sorted by genre. See also: Blues Festivals.

Sunday Jazz Brunch - Fort Lauderdale - First Sunday of every month, all year

South Florida Folk Festival - outdoor folk music festival

SunFest - Jazz & Pop Music Festival in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida over 4 days in the Spring.

Oceanfest - dive in, clean up, and party!

Florida Folk Festival - annual folk music festival held in May at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center in White Springs, FL.

Riverhawk Music Festival a fly-in music event near Dade City, FL (between Tampa and Orlando).

Suwanee Springfest - a Spring folk music festival in the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, Florida.

MagnoliaFest - a Fall folk music festival in the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, Florida.

Fantasy Fest - outrageous annual tropical Halloween party.

Da Fest - The New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival, last weekend in April and first weekend in May.

City Stages - "Best music you never heard," Birmingham, in June over Father's Day weekend.

Mississippi Delta Blues Festival - it don't get no down-homer than this

King Biscuit Blues Festival - roots of blues

Cajun/Zydeco Music - if you like cajun/zydeco music, this page has a ton of links to bands, festivals, etc.

Louisiana Music - and if the link above didn't have what you're looking for, this page does.

San Francisco Blues Festival - blues by the bay

Great American Beer Festival - annual suds social

Oktoberfest - Munich - official Oktoberfest site

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WORDS AND WRITING

The Shakespeare Oxford Society - was "a tale told by an idiot" Edward de Vere's reference to Slick Willy?

Apology Generator - cut your groveling time to nil.

Fisher Space Pens - as a writer, I know good writing pens. These Space Pens are the best.

Anagram Generator - automatically gram an A.

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USEFUL LINKS

Urban Legends and Folklore - A collection of urban legands, rumors, myths, hoaxes, and the debunking truths.

Computer Incident Advisory Capability - group provides computer security related services to the Department of Energy.

Hoax du Jour - Internet myths, hoaxes, and the general bogus emails we all get are explained here.

Weather - HH Headquarters - radar for South Florida, zip code 33064.

Weather - Southeast US - radar for the southeastern section of the US.

NEWS: - CNN - CBS - MSNBC - NBC - ABC - FOX - USAToday - Time - US News - Drudge

ALTERNATE NEWS: - AlterNet.org - Cursor - Democrats - First Monday - In These Times - Libertarians - No More Fake News - PeaceFire - Radio Pacifica - Republicans - The Smoking Gun - Tom Paine - The Register - World Socialist

Sun Sentinel - Internet version of Fort Lauderdale's daily newspaper.

Miami Herald - Internet version of Miami's daily newspaper.

Palm Beach Post - Internet version of Palm Beach's daily newspaper.

Domestic Postal Rate Calculator - the US Postal Service's handy online rate calculator for letters, packages, and special deliveries.

Symantec Security Response - news about virus threats and security advisories.

McAfee Anti-Virus - news about protection against virus threats.

Computer Associates Virus Information Center - another good site for news about protection against virus threats.

First Gov - general US government information site.

The Whitehouse - official site of the US President. Also: the Unofficial site.

The Senate - official site of the US Senate.

House of Representatives - official site of the House of Representatives.

The Supreme Court - official site of the US Supreme Court.

US Census - answers most "How many?" questions.

IRS - official site of the Internal Revenue Service.

Florida Dept of State - official Florida government site.

Florida Links - all of the official Florida government sites in one spot.

My Florida - citizen site for Florida's services.

Tucows - megs of FREE SOFTWARE!

CPR Guides - single page illustrated guides good to tape to the back of a kitchen cabinet door, or your car, camper, or other convenient places.

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TRAVEL LINKS

Travelocity - online travel service.

Trip.com - online travel service.

Travel Yahoo - online travel service.

TravelNow - online travel service.

Bed & Breakfast Guide - not a complete directory, but it is growing.

Best Beaches in the USA - Dr Leatherman's collection of America's best beaches (including Hawaii).

US Department of State - travel warnings for Americans.

WWOZ - New Orleans - WWOZ Live!

Chef Paul Prudhomme - Famous Louisiana chef's recipes and cooking supplies

212 - portal with interesting stuff even if New York is not your kind of town.

Stim - part women's ezine; part men's ezine.

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DESTINATIONS

City of Fort Lauderdale - anything that's an official city event is listed here.

Delray Beach - contains city events and news.

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SPORTS

National Parks - GORP's list of parks by US government.

Florida State Parks - 150 park areas that can provide you with quality recreational experiences.

Ocala National Forest - Florida's site of Ocala NF.

Ocala National Forest - USDA Forest Service's site for Ocala NF.

GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages with information on camping, hiking, kayaking, and all things outdoors.

GORP for Florida - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages with Florida information on camping, hiking, kayaking, and all things outdoors.

Florida Campgrounds - Florida RV Parks, Beach Camping, Tent Campsites, Cabin Rentals.

Loxahatchee Canoe - outfitter for Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in western Palm Beach County.

Florida Professional Paddlesports Association - Florida businesses focused on canoeing and kayaking.

Absolutely Florida - Florida canoeing resources.

Paddling - good canoe/kayak resource.

New York Kayak Company - some up$cale folding kayak$.

Florida Outdoors - Your gateway to discovering Florida's outdoor adventures

Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission for Freshwater and Saltwater

Florida Sportsman - great magazine for Florida fishermen.

More Florida Fishing Charters - a list of fishing charters in Florida.

E-Angler's list of Guides - A map of Florida with Guides in that area.

Everglades Angler - guides in Naples, Florida.

South Florida Fishing Report - a regularly updated rundown of the fishing hotspots.

WAXY 790 AM - Tune in Saturday at 8AM to hear local captains give fishing reports on Florida Sportsman Live.

Rescuing the Everglades - the project to undo the ecological damage.


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This page last updated on 18 January, 2006