Always adding new links and info, check back often.

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Real easy recipes for real busy, real people and much more

The Classy-fieds,

Links I like and more ...

Like is used quite loosely here. This page exists so whenever faves disappear, which is frequently thanks to Aol's sterling service quality, I still have access to reference material - or whatever else I've found to be useful or entertaining. Rationale for inclusion varies, to say the least. Can't check 'em all every day - you're on your own as to what you may run into past main pages. Notification of dead links is appreciated, and I always welcome suggestions. Please use a clearly defined subject line: MarthaJones1@aol.com or TheRealMartha@mindspring.com

Due to 10 tons of junk arriving daily, and virus threats, when I don't recognize sender name and subject line is vague, I delete. Also, delivery reliability has gone beyond iffy lately - that's saying the best. Please try again if I don't answer in a day or two.

Check out this deal: Your five-line ad will be eligible to be run as a Classy-fied for six+ months on this page if I receive five copies of notes you've sent directing friends to any of my pages (links at end of page). For each five recommendations, you'll earn another ad. Commercial rates vary, send sample of ad for rate quote. No charge to non-profit organizations. More info/questions: MarthaJones1@aol.com

Ads will be categorized by subject ... one of these days. Submit whatever, be it home or office business (except get-rich-quick schemes and the like) or personal (keep 'em classy). Personals of the "looking for" kind will be assigned a code number to protect privacy, messages to be relayed through Third Party Relay, a little side biz of mine. Check it out for a variety of private and business uses.

a.k.a.

Yippee plus - can also do simple graphics/biz cards like the above.

And ... I have resurrected a very successful dating service I ran some years ago - see info below.

Keep your ad simple, honest and clean so I won't have to turn it down. Don't forget to include URL and/or e-mail addy.

Priority for the duration

The Whispering Activist Record
central link/update page
http://www.therealmartha.com/WAR/index.htm

"The Whispering Activist" a.k.a. Martha Jones - Opinions and ideas, mine and from others, that everyone can use to get involved, make a difference and lighten the load. Find hoax busters, media hype alerts, timely info, controversy, common sense, commiseration, empathy, household tips, easy recipes, critter stuff, variety links, and a little humor along the way.

Questions/suggestions: MarthaJones1@aol.com or MsAtte2ude@aol.com

http://www.therealmartha.com/flagmore/index.htm
The Flag

http://www.therealmartha.com/USAgrafs/index.htm
USA, RW&B and Support Our Troops ~ free graphics and more

This was the single most important link on this page, project on hold but not forgotten: http://www.therealmartha.com/FirecrackerDog/index.htm, for anyone who cares about any living creature. The abuse connection between animals and children must no longer be ignored.  Please take time to investigate "Spirit" - a dog whose recent ordeal and recovery may very well serve to create massive positive social changes. No gory pics or details were necessary.

~ The Classy-fieds ~

Meet the Selective Singles you won't meet anywhere else! The one and only Miss Attitude (me) is back in business, new service on the Web. Hot stuff going on already (~.*) Fast Track to the Listings

Easy listening, non-distracting instrumentals on CD, new original compositions - Tunes in the Key of Beige™ - Don't miss introductory offer! Make $10 check (includes P&H) payable to Mike Vittrup, 11469 Olive Blvd., #236, St. Louis, MO 63141. Please allow three weeks for delivery. Multiple/wholesale order discounts available, details: jmvittrup@aol.com subject line: Beige CD

Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children across the U.S. under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Click on sponsors' banners at www.Rdonations.com, sponsors make donations.

Please sign stop the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores petition:  http://www.petitiononline.com/AdoptOut/petition.html

The Hugs and Hope Club, has moved to our own domain http://www.hugsandhope.com. The Hugs and Hope Club is a charity for children striving to help kids with cancer and other serious illnesses.  Each month, stories and pictures are posted of two to four children who are seriously injured or ill. Visitors to the site are asked to "send a smile" by saying a prayer for and mailing a card or small gift to each child with a note of encouragement to the parents.  This small effort can mean a great deal to a family battling cancer.

Only about 20 percent of sex offenders are prosecuted. If you would like to join an effort to make the law tougher on criminals, contact kkonomos2000@aol.com

You are invited to join one of the fastest growing communities on the Internet - www.MsHealthy.com is a friendly, informative site filled with the latest ideas on women's (and men's) health, welfare and happiness. Our state-of-the-art search engine makes it easy to find any medical information you need. Features beauty guides, relationship advice, email, message boards, chat, more than 1000 greeting cards and much more, all free. Visit us today for a healthier outlook on life!

Support the National War Dog Memorial Fund http://www.vdhaonline.org/ - Combat Veteran Dog Handlers

The Hendricks County [Indiana] K-9 Search and Rescue Team -  www.geocities.com/hck9sar - is dedicated to locating lost people who cannot help themselves back home. Services not limited to Indiana and there is never a charge to agencies or individuals.  Watch for link to more information and stories provided by HCK9SAR - material will represent efforts by organizations operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week all over the world.

Graphics courtesy of AllyKhatt@aol.com

Now accepting nominations for the "Unsung Hero" award. Who do you know who has gone over and above for friends, neighbors or their community? Groups that go the extra mile are also eligible. Send details to TheRealMartha@Mindspring.com or AltMartha@aol.com. Logos may be used on web pages or in e-mail - a certificate for display is also in the works. Winners will be featured in Bright Spots updates.

First winners are BACCR volunteers, Baytown [Texas] Animal Control Citizen Responders.

Second winner is NeuterNeuterLand, promoting the importance of spay/neuter education with humor and unconventional (to say the least!) support tools.

Waiting for your personal, biz or whatever ad here ...

~ Newsletters and E-zines ~

Special for editors: Your ad will run as long as my blurb/link(s) run in your publications. Don't forget to send your updates, announce new features, etc.

Hillbilly Cornbread is a closed, BCC, full service list. We offer inspirational poems and stories, prayer requests, birthday club, members helping members, computer tips and tech. help, G-rated (clean) jokes (we also occasionally send out G-rated redneck and hillbilly jokes), recipes, crafts, links to free samples, garden tips, pen pal ads, consumer recall notices, and if you like lots of links - this is the newsletter for you! To send for a disclaimer to join, send an email to: HilbilCorn@aol.com

HBCB also has a graphics list (not necessarily hillbilly). Info: Crech43@aol.com

Rexanne's Web Review is a free, twice monthly e-zine with family tips, tricks, site links and fun. Committed to helping you have a better day! subscribe-rwr@rexanne.com

"Happy Thoughts" is a daily G-rated newsletter filled to overflowing with lots of interesting facts and information, jokes, inspirational stories, recipes, fonts, pictures, links, puns, themes, quotes, computer tips, backgrounds, and everything you need to fill your day with plenty of "Happy Thoughts." Every day is different in style and content. This newsletter is a gift to me from God and all done in fun and in my love of people. Subscribe to "Happy Thoughts" newsletter jsattele@aol.com.

Hi there. My name is Kathleen. I am the list leader of §§**Dream Lovers**§§. I would like to give you a thumbnail description of my E-zines which have been in existence for two years. I send out four or five different sections, containing jokes, recipes, trivia, graphics, and poems. Each page has a disclaimer on it, along with a background to keep as a special gift to my subscribers (for AOL 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 users only). I also send out one page of links. Both the open and closed list gets this plus a page with links, Monday through Friday. The Link List is brand new, subscribers will get only the link page everyday. Screen names are kept confidential. Add me: DreamLoversMail@aol.com

MinkyKat's Korner features poems, jokes, links and more - PG-rated, closed list. Subscribe: MinkyKatsKorner@aol.com

A positive way to start your day! Daily email with On This Day; calendar folklore; celebrities' birthdays; humor and funny pix; today's celebrations - ancient and all cultures. WilsonsAlmanac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com; http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/   

A closed list, twice a week the Dragon sends recipes shared by members and also some from famous people and places. Requests will be posted for members to fill if the Dragon doesn't have the answer on file. Subscribe: DragonsKitchen@aol.com Archives: http://www.nav.to/dragonskitchen

Looking for that certain, special ressypee? Do you have ressypees you'd like to share? Subscribe to Shirley's Ressypees - join the fun. Mailto:ressypees-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Editors may suspend publications from time to time, check back if you don't receive an immediate subscription reply.

Waiting for your ad here ...

Oh cool, a new word for links ...

concatenation   \kon katt e nae shen\   (noun)

  : the linking of things together or the state of being interconnected
  : the linking of characters, strings, or files in a specified order to form a single entity equal to the sum of the lengths of the original entities

Synonyms:
          * link           * chain

Example sentence: Forming a concatenation, the students stood side-by-side, holding hands to see how far their "chain" would extend.

Word Wise: [17th century] A concatenation is literally a "chain" of events or occurrences. It is a derivative of the seldom-encountered verb concatenate [16th century], which comes from Latin concatenare "chain together, link," a compound verb formed from the prefix com- "together" and catena "chain" (source of English chain). 

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~ Links I Like ~

After a brief to thorough check-'em-out, my notes may be added. Note that some URLs are not necessarily favorites of mine but seem to be of general interest. The disclaimer: Like I said, the links are here so I won't lose them when aol decides to crash my faves. I am not responsible for any content you may find offensive so don't bother whining about it. Your input/reviews are welcome and I would appreciate a note if you happen to find a real stinker snuck in.

Find more outside and inside links on all my pages (see below, you could be here for months).

Be sure to bookmark - happy cruisin' to y'all!

Almost all of the sites listed offer free newsletters - I say why not give them a try, you can always unsubscribe. Quite a few sites also have unique greeting cards available. Make sure you always check link pages too, I'm adding the best (IMHO) as I go but it's time consuming so don't wait on me.

Newsletters I particularly like (where I get a lot of material through promo exchange) are highlighted in the Bright Spots and Catch All series.

On with the show ...
I will have these categorized shortly ... yeah right ;-) In the meantime, you can hit the Ctrl and F key together to bring up a find box, then type in your search subject. Try it again if nothing happens, can be cranky at times. Neat little trick to know for searching any page - try it on my recipe Index pages too.

The first listings here are first to help, hopefully, rid my life, and yours of ever-growing nuisance mail. It's worse than ever now. Go to any one or two, put in your faves and check before forwarding any more junk around. Then, shoot the info links back at sender. There will always be idiots who can only be happy when they're miserable - but that's never good enough, they do their best to spread the swill. Like the little boy who cried wolf, one of these days, possibly legitimate information from habitual rumor mongers will not be taken seriously. Laying on a guilt trip works quite well and you'll be doing everyone a favor.

http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/ - "Considered the industry standard information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts"

http://www.internet-101.com/hoax/ - Anti-virus, hoax, myth, fraud, chain letter and anti-spam

http://www.snopes2.com/index.html - Urban Legends, true and false - this one almost always has what I'm looking for, confirmed or debunked.

http://www.scambusters.org/index.html - Internet ScamBusters

http://www.truthorfiction.com/ - Rumors, hoaxes, urban legends, who starts them and why, what can you learn from them - interesting

http://www.breakthechain.org/ - Common-sense evaluations of e-mail chain letters

http://www.purportal.com/ - "The bunk stops here" - includes MLM, fraud and scam links

http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp - Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia

http://www.skepdic.com - The Skeptic's Dictionary

http://www.vmyths.com - Vmyths guide

http://www.sarc.com - Symantec Security Response

http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/default.asp - McAfee Security, virus info

http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/corporateattack.html - Urban legends, hoaxes, conspiracy theories and prank sites/e-mails

Dig Deep When You Search the Web
Condensed from Kim Komando Show Newsletter, subscribe: http://www.komando.com/media/newsletter

Looking for some nugget of information on the Internet? Easy. Just point your browser to your favorite search site, type in a few words that describe what you're after and bingo - up pop results on your screen. But are those the only results? Not likely.

One way to find elusive Internet content is to search the searchers - that is, use a meta-search or multi-threaded engine. At a meta-search site, you can simultaneously scour dozens of search engines, big and small, to serve up hard-to-find information.

Profusion (www.profusion.com) is one such site that connects to more than 1,000 information sources all at once. Look up subjects by keyword, or use one of more than 20 presorted topic searches, such as entertainment, business, travel, science, career or living.

Other meta-search sites include Metacrawler (www.metacrawler.com), Metor (www.metor.com), or the aptly-named Dogpile, www.dogpile.com. It's not a bad idea to hit all of them if you can't find what you're looking for at one of the big-time search sites.

Though not precisely a meta-search site, Direct Search (http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm) sniffs out data and offers links to information wherever it may reside. While this site is thin on sizzle, it delivers a lot of content. A similar site with more style is the University of California's Infomine (http://infomine.ucr.edu).

When you just can't seem to locate the right information, the next step is to find a specialized search engine. The Search Engine Guide (www.searchengineguide.com) can help track down the right place to look, and the Lycos searchable database (http://dir.lycos.com/Reference/Searchable_Databases) digs deeply into more than 10,000 Web site databases in 18 basic categories. For perhaps the last word on cataloging the catalogs, SearchAbility's A to Z guide (www.searchability.com/atoz.htm) offers a listing of search engines that index specialty search engines! Yikes!

Clearly, it's easy to reach search engine overload and here's when you need to get back to basics. Find a search engine devoted to only the information you seek.

Some specialized search engines in specific categories include SciSeek Science Online (www.sciseek.com) for all sorts of scientific information, FindLaw (www.findlaw.com) where you can access legal data, and FirstGov (www.firstgov.gov), the US government's own site for accessing public resources.

If you want to find a person or an address, head over to AnyWho (www.anywho.com), WhoWhere (www.whowhere.com) or 411, (www.411.com). For health information, 911.com (www.9-11.com) claims to index more than 30 million biomedical and public safety resources.

For people in search of media files, there are specialty sites for you as well. Both Google and AltaVista have introduced dedicated image locating services, respectively at www.google.com/advanced_search.html and www.altavista.com/sites/search/simage. For music files, try Audiogalaxy (www.audiogalaxy.com). For images, video and audio files, Fast (http://multimedia.alltheweb.com) is the place to go.

Sometimes the key to finding the right information isn't knowing where to search, but how to search. Chances are, you can narrow your search at any search site by using basic Boolean logic - "AND," "OR" and "NOT."

You might also want to search just one particular web site for information. Most Web sites have a search feature but if the site doesn't, you're not out of luck. Simply use a search site that allows you to comb through only one domain, such as the advanced search at Hotbot (www.hotbot.com).

You can also try a domain-limited search at other search sites by using special commands. The command "site:komando.com" (without the quotes) added to your search terms will limit hits to content on the Kim Komando site. Type in "link:komando.com" and you'll get results only from sites that link to www.komando.com, and entering "url:komando" will return pages that only have the word komando in their addresses. Take a moment and look at the instructions in the advanced section of your favorite search site for details on these and other specific searches.

Knowledge isn't always how much you know. It's knowing where to find it. While mainstream search sites will likely provide you with most of what you need, there are gigabytes of information waiting for you in the invisible Web.

My own note: use the ctrl-F trick to find a specific name or subject on any page. Hit both keys at once - zoom, you're there. And, horror of horrors, should you ever misplace me ... a search on almost any general engine for AltMartha or TheRealMartha will spit out one or two of my pages - then follow links to index.

http://members.atlantic.net/~bdarl/index.html

http://www.emergencyemail.org/ - Sign up for notification of weather dangers, local forecasts and more

http://worldtimeserver.com/ - Times all over the world - real time adjustments for Daylight Saving Time

http://www.weather.com/search/search - By US Zip Code, city, state or country

http://www.refdesk.com/index.html - "Indispensable and exhaustive!" - comment from reader who suggested for this page, the label there is "Best source for facts on the 'net"

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/about/welcome.html - Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world

http://dmarie.com/timecap/ - What was going on by date - headlines, consumer prices, top songs/movies/books/TV, birthdays and more

http://neatsites.com/ - Loads of links by category - reference, news, travel, entertainment, directories of all sorts and on and on ...

http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/searchtip.html - Search tools, loads of links and strategy tips

http://www.andilinks.com/ - "Andilinks' mission is to identify products and sites that yield the best information fastest and for the least effort and cost."

http://www.kirstimd.com/toc4n.htm - Condolence, sympathy and grief coping

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q126/4/49.asp - Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

http://www.tilj.com/ - Internet Law Journal

http://www.webopedia.lycos.com/ - Lycos Tech Glossary

http://www.transl8it.com/cgi-win/index.pl - TXT, MSG, CHAT, and/or SMS message lingo

http://www.pcwebopedia.com/ - Dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology

http://whatis.techtarget.com/ - Looks like answers to just about anything techy, searchable

http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci211776,00.html - Chat abbreviation definitions

http://www.stands4.com/ - Source for acronyms and abbreviations

http://www.dotcom.com/ - Domain registration services and more, info, statistics, trends and updates, even humor

http://www.ecomplaints.com/ - Helps put complaints in writing and forwards to offending company

http://www.youheardithere.com/superstitions.htm - Superstitions, then backtrack to http://www.youheardithere.com/ - "hear the latest" from oddball to useful

http://www.insultmonger.com/insults/literary_insults.htm - Witty and cutting insulting quotations from the world of literature

http://www.knowpost.com/ - Question and answer forum divided by topic: sports, literature, government, home and family, etc.

http://www.literaturepost.com - A collection of classic books, plays, stories and poems for online reading

http://hometown.aol.com/befcon/index.html - Free and Fun, check out Ouija with Elvis as the bearer of the messages

http://www.555-1212.com/ - Charges apply for lookups in residential search, reverse search and toll-free search. Free to search area codes, zip codes, yellow pages and all other directories.

http://ixquik.com/ - Metasearch engine that was given the highest ratings by both Search Engine Watch and ZDNet's SearchIQ

http://www.strongwomen.com/frontpage.htm - Fitness programs, recipes, articles and more for strong, healthy women

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/extremeheat/default.htm - Extreme heat issues info and links

http://www.mshealthy.com - Friendly, informative site filled with the latest ideas on women's (and men's) health, welfare and happiness, beauty guides, relationship advice, email, message boards, chat, more than 1000 greeting cards and much more, all free - state-of-the-art search engine finds medical information

http://www.brainplace.com/bp/atlas/ch15.asp - Brain pollution, images of alcohol and drug abuse

http://www.calendarzone.com/ - Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless correlating connections and calzone recipes

http://www.flowgo.com/funflash/ediets/ediets.cfm - Easy ways to burn calories ... such as beating around the bush, putting your foot in your mouth, etc.

http://www.womenfirst.com/ - Health Care - menopause info

http://www.minniepauz.com/ - "If you don't get it, you ain't there yet"

http://www.womanlinks.com/wlcontent/Humor/ - Humor variety columns

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/home.asp - Guinness World Records

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/ - Federal Consumer Information Center

http://www.safetyalerts.com/ - Product recalls and safety warnings, health and safety news/info

http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm - Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations

http://www.dldewey.com/senstate.htm - Senators' addresses, E and snail, links to individual sites

http://www.cyberdiet.com/converter/converter.html - Recipe measurements converter

http://www.convert-me.com/en/ - Weights and measures conversions commonly used like metric and U.S. Avoirdupois and quite exotic like Ancient Greek and Roman - distance, volume, pressure, energy, area, speed and more

http://ww9.lfmn.com/s/s.asp?q=1002341919l1c176196r2042e1R2666 - Four reasons why chocolate is good for you

http://www.allthatwomenwant.com/ - Lively mix of features, fun, resources and web picks

http://www.webplaces.com/search/ - Clip art searcher

http://www.umich.edu/~websvcs/images/ - Graphics archive, check out punctuation marks - have not seen those anywhere else - go to home for access to other good page building info

http://www.singlemomz.com/ - For single moms by single moms

http://www.middle-age-spread.com/ - The community for smart women over 40

http://members.aol.com/opattiann/JustthoughtsPage1.index.html - Rememberings, odds and ends

http://www.youmarriedhim.com/ - Advice, links, freebies and more

http://www.igrandparents.com/ - Enriching the lives of grandparents and grandchildren with games and more, warning: requires cookies

http://www.2young2retire.com/ - Retirement alternative resources

http://www.miserlymoms.com/ - Helping people (especially moms) get the tools that their family needs to spend more time together - don't miss tip section

http://www.franklymydear.com/ - Gone with the Wind - includes virtual tours

http://search.biography.com/ - Search more than 25,000 lives, past and present, find celebrities born on your birthday - and what happened in history, includes links to AandE.com, HistoryInternational.com, Genealogy.com

http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/index - Research almost any subject imaginable

http://www.electricfood.com - Bridging the gap between everyday and gourmet by offering unique recipes, cooking tips, packaged foods and cookware shopping

http://www.internationalrecipesonline.com/recipes/ - Food and wine dictionary

http://www.culinarycafe.com/Spices_Herbs/ - Spice and herb encyclopedia

http://backofthebox.com/quick.html - Quick and easy brand name recipes

http://www.recipelink.com/ - Interesting to check for regional newspaper columns and much more

http://busycooks.about.com/cs/fiveorless/index.htm - Five or less ingredient recipe links, Queen Can-ivore is featured (~.*)

http://www.women-networking.com - Daily Agenda for Working Women - variety of subjects, extensive Best of the Web link list

http://www.comfortqueen.com/ - A place to be kind to yourself and others

http://www.selfgrowth.com/ - Self Improvement Online - wide variety of links

http://www.othersideresource.com/links/index.shtml - The other side of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychiatric Drugs and more links

http://www.womanowned.net/ - Find women-owned businesses, or join for assistance starting and promoting your own woman-owned business

http://athomemothers.com/ - Offering support for career choice of at-home parenting

http://207.142.102.10/ - National Runaway Switchboard

http://www.easypeasy.com - Making the Web Simple - jobs, home, car, business, leisure, news, music, shopping

http://www.tipsofallsorts.com/ - Wide variety of tips categories plus health, news, shopping and reference links

http://www.rulescentral.com/ - Sports and games rules

http://www.uslegalforms.com/enter.cgi?kinseylaw - Legal forms, state and federal and links including business and legal info

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/numbers.htm - Using numbers, writing lists and more standard academic prose style links

http://www.whatis.com/ - Techy definitions, links and more

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm - Word Play - sites that feature fun with words, as in help with games and fun with legitimate reference collections for nuts who enjoy messin' with language(s)

http://projects.ghostwheel.com/ - Search regular dictionaries and technojargon

http://www.chatlist.com/newcfdocs/searchacro.cfm - Chat list - acronym search

http://www.chatlist.com/faces.html - Emoticons

http://www.mealtime.org/ - Canned Food Alliance - "The easy way to eat right" - creative and convenient cooking

http://www.usda.gov/ - US Dept. of Agriculture

http://www.howtocleananything.com/ - Loads of cleaning, stain removal tips

http://www.getorganizednow.com - Get Organized Now - good tips for home and office

http://www.epicurious.com/db/dictionary/refguides/ref_intro/intro.html - Epicurious Food Reference Guides - metric conversions, dictionary, recipes and links

http://www.onlineconversion.com - Convert just about anything to anything else

http://www.askachef.com/ - Ask a Chef

http://www.coupons.com - All kinds of coupon links

http://www.couponfeast.com/ - Local coupons for products and services

http://www.baking911.com/ - All kinds of baking info "easy, fast and understandable" for all levels of cooking skill"

http://www.foodsubs.com/ - The Cook's Thesaurus - thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations and suggested substitutions

http://www.aboutproduce.com/ - ... "an abundance of information and recipes that make the bountiful varieties, delicious flavors and healthy benefits of fruits, vegetables, nuts and herbs come alive"

http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/cstips/prep.html - Cooking and kitchen hints, tips - good variety ... I am a certifiable hint junkie, there were a few NOOMs (new ones on me) here - BTW, if you send me a NOOM, I'll send you a free copy of "Holiday Lifestyles of the Culinarily Inept" or you could just send me a check :) Order my Book

http://www.debsfunpages.com/creed.htm - Procrastinator's Creed - links to fun pages, unfortunately all have irritating pop-up ads but if you're patient you'll find lotsa goodies to share - try http://www.debsfunpages.com/first.htm (The "But First" Syndrome)

http://www.mamarocks.com/ - Boogies, sentiments, inspirations and funnies

http://tcastle.com/uare.html - Good one to send to you favorite nut

http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidsrecipes.html - Cooking with Parents - recipes for college students - "You can make these yourself, but there are good reasons for cooking with parents. Someone needs to buy stuff."

http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html - All states home pages linked

http://www.ivyjoy.com/bookmark.htm - Ivy's Bookcase - wide variety of links by category

http://members.tripod.com/~eptx/FKEYS.html - Forever Links - more variety by category

http://waltonfeed.net/old/ - The Old Timer's Page, the way things used to be done

http://www.best-cool-sites.com/fun2.html - Food, ghosts, aliens and fun

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sayings.htm - Ye Olde English Sayings

http://armchairgardener.com/ - From pond tours to clip art, and links

http://www.eakles.com/85bookmarkpg.htm - Bookmarks for Everyone in the Family

http://woowebdesigns.com/ - Pages by Suzy Woo - click on Web sites for a variety of specialized link and info pages on kids, pets, support, tributes, memorials and more

http://www.britannica.com/women - Women in American History

http://www.worldbook.com/fun/whm/html/whm006.html - Women's history sites from World Book editors

http://www.raisingadaughter.com - Online community supporting parents in tackling the unique challenges encountered while raising daughters in today's world

http://www.HerTopSites.com - Just what it says

http://www.betweenfriends.org - Time management, household hints, parenting tips and other resources for mothers

http://www.acay.com.au/~narcosis/late.htm - Late Starters - the power of beginning now

http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ - Investigate hundreds of companies on a range of issues including sweatshop, child labor and environmentally unfriendly practices

http://www.coopamerica.org/ - Practical steps using consumer and investor power for social change

http://www.ishaah.com/index.html - Ishaah's Inspirations for Living a Positive Life - a collection of profound words that make a difference in Ishaah's life - good thinkers and links

http://daremore.com - Daremore on the Web - dedicated to breathing life into women's dreams - quotes (to provoke thought or make you chuckle), polls, marketplace, networking, classifieds and more - many resources

http://bcsdesign.com./comedyzone/spostoffice/ - Smiley's Postcards from the Comedy Zone - when you're looking for something quite different

http://www.ladyszoo.com/Cards.html - Looooong list, all types

http://www.rexanne.com/rexannes_holiday_pages_.htm - Rexanne is the queen of holiday pages, all the best info and links available on the planet

http://www.rexanne.com/bday-main.html - Ditto for birthdays

http://www.therealmartha.com/Frogulations/index.htm - My own little oddball b-day creation

http://members.aol.com/Libbyk9/Watchit.index.html - Watch it!, a get-well card only for critter people

http://hometown.aol.com/theunblondesheep/ - The UnBlonde Sheep writes on ... Skeins of Wisdom, Schmucks of the Week and more - don't ask, just go there

http://www.therealmartha.com/Skewed_Views/index.htm - More from The UnBlonde Sheep and other misbehaviorists, poking holes while tending to the general shearing of BS™

http://www.mamassecrets.com - "The thinking woman's guide to life, love, and aging ... all from a decidedly left of center perspective."

http://www.marianholbrook.com/ - Funny lady who is also not a Stew-Rat fan, go to archives links, look for Martha in the titles

http://www.madkane.com/ - Madeleine Begun Kane, humor columnist, is "Raising Kane" - writing about everything that irks her, which is most things

http://realityparenting.com/ - "What really goes on in homes, behind locked doors and insulation. Like the fact that we scream at our kids when the world can't see or hear us lose it completely."

http://www.girlswrite.com/ - "Whether therapy or just good writing, the site reminds women not to neglect their written words, but to cherish, cultivate and share them." (Review from Cool Tricks and Trinkets newsletter - http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com/archives.htm)

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/ - Riddles, jokes, insults, slogans, quotes, 'toons, word play

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak/index.htm - Amerispeak, ancestor expressions and more

http://www.americanfolklore.net/ - American folktales, myths, legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories - some links to the real stories

http://www.kabalarians.com/gkh/your.htm - What's in your name? Baby name choice service available

http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/ - Find out what happened any day in history

http://psych.ucsc.edu/dreams/ - The Quantitative Study of Dreams

http://mrshowbiz.go.com - Celebrity/media info, news and archives

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/ - What's up with weather?

http://www.weather.com - The Weather Channel, download for desktop

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ - National Weather Service

http://www.accuweather.com/ - AccuWeather

http://www.wxusa.com/ - Weather links to more than 1,500 U.S. cities

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ - Online books, 15,000+ listings

http://www.sunriseherbfarm.com/index.html - Sunrise Herbal - natural remedies and nourishing foods, recipes

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/index.html - Farmer's Almanac

http://www.growingandusingherbs.com/article1025.html - My Little Garlic Patch (my article) featured at http://www.growingandusingherbs.com/ - lotsa links there too

http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html -The Food Timeline - created in response to students, parents and teachers who need help locating food history and period recipes

http://www.boogiejack.com/humorlist.html - Boogie Jack's Humor or Something - includes Weirdsville and celebrity warps (pics) and some really bad puns

http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/main/main.html - National Women’s History Project Learning Place - information and educational materials about multicultural women’s history

http://sendafriend.com/rules/ - Rules for Life - tried and true!

http://www.onelook.com/browse.shtml - More than 3230000 words in 736 online dictionaries indexed

http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml - describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept, more results than a thesaurus

http://rhyme.lycos.com/ - Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, definition and more ... Mother Goose, Shakespeare; famous documents and quotations features

http://www.voycabulary.com/ - More than a dictionary or thesaurus with word links, science, medical, language, law, computer and acronym reference features

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp - Cool tool, unique presentation

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ - Hundreds of foreign languages links, more than 50 subjects glossaries, 'Nyms and such, grammar and language courses, more ...

http://creativequotations.com/ - Quotes for creative thinking - search wide subject variety by categories and connection bases including wit and proverbs; mini bios, birthdays and links

http://aol1.infoplease.com/index.html - Dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac and more references - As much as I hate to give aol credit for anything, this site does have access to a lot of interesting info (includes Hot Word feature)

http://www.ipl.org/ - Internet Public Library - links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, search tools, newspapers, magazines, almanacs, subject collections and more

http://www.bartleby.com/ - Dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, compendia of quotes, and full text of a growing number of literary works, all in one place, free and no registration

http://www.wtv-zone.com/razzles/diction.html - Specialty dictionaries list

http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/ - Tricky to find info

http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/ - Dictionary of Difficult Words

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/ - List of words banished from the Queen's English for mis-, mal- or over-use as well as general uselessness

http://dictionaryofslang.co.uk/ - "Monster online dictionary of the rich colourful language we call slang ... all from a British perspective"

http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm - The Nonverbal Dictionary - Gestures and signs from Adam's-Apple-Jump to Zygomatic Smile

http://www.greatbooks.org/programs/gb/index.html - Great Books discussions and Shared Inquiry

http://www.addall.com/ - Search and compare among 40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of books

http://vancouver-webpages.com/wordnet/ - Explore in different directions, finding words that mean the same, are more general, more specific, opposite - includes brief description, various forms, uses and related words

http://www.ilovelanguages.com/ - Comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources, more than 2000 links

http://www.trh.bc.ca/grammar/grammar.html - Grammar Hall of Shame - for people who think proper use of English is worthwhile

http://www.zingman.com/zingling.html - Linguistic Anomalies Files - dedicated to the premise that our language is weird, quirky, and fun

http://www.tashian.com/multibabel - Lost in Translation - "babelize" English text between other languages

http://www.slangsite.com/ - Slang dictionary includes webspeak, made-up words, and colloquialisms.

http://pseudodictionary.com/ - Words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries; with games, message boards and more - submit your word(s)

http://www.euthanasia.org/mensal.html - Mensa, IQ, and Intelligence - favourite links

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/6293/glnov.htm - Daily Globe's World Dates Archives

http://www.bartleby.com/ - Literature, reference books and more, unlimited access

http://libraryspot.com/ - Reference material of all sorts, too many to list

http://www.infoplease.com/index.html - "All the knowledge you need"

http://lcweb.loc.gov/ - Library of Congress, includes copyright info and forms

http://www.fedworld.gov/ - Federal info network

http://www.governmentguide.com/ - Government services

http://www.pac-info.com/ - Free public records database

http://capitoladvantage.com/h/ - E-mail and snail addy links to DC, search by zip code

http://www.lemonlawamerica.com/ - State by state (not all yet) attorney referrals

http://www.mylemon.com/ - PA and NJ lemon law info, includes links to other areas; tips and rights - "Driving a lemon? Under the Lemon Law Act, and Federal Warranty Act, you have legal rights which may permit you to obtain one of the following: new car; full refund; or partial refund for your defective car."

http://lemonlaw.com/ - "We are the only lemon law firm in the nation to be honored by the American Bar Association."

http://www.computerlemonlaw.com/ - Same firm as above

http://fair-debt-collection.com/ - "The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( FDCPA ) outlines what bill collectors and lawyers collecting debts can and cannot do when attempting to collect debts."

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/ - Search for undelivered or unclaimed federal income tax refund checks

http://www.unclaimed.org/ - Search for unclaimed property in all 50 states.

http://www.savingsbonds.gov/sav/sbtdhunt.htm - Search for lost or forgotten U.S. savings bonds

http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/comp/refunds/index.cfm - Search for undelivered or unclaimed HUD/FHA mortgage insurance refunds

http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/whos3.htm - Biographical resources of the U.S. Government

http://www.federalist.com/historic.asp - The Federalist (Conservative Journal of Record) - features historic documents and more

http://www.komando.com/other/govgoodies/ - Kim Komando's list of government freebies, advice and information

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi - Stories of America's past

http://www.censusdiggins.com/index.html - Free census and genealogy records, search engine

http://www.ancestry.com/ - "The largest collection of family history records on the Web"

http://www.ancestry.com/landing/historicnewspapers/newstoyou.htm - Actual pages from the New York Times and other papers dating back to 1851

http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/11stategov/ - FindLaw - state resources

http://classiclit.about.com/mbody.htm - Classic literature subjects

http://www.quotationspage.com/ - Searchable database contains thousands of quotes from the sublime to the cynical

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html - "All life's wisdom can be found in anagrams. Anagrams never lie."

http://www.acronymfinder.com/ - Type in letters to decipher - ASAP - whatever acronym has you stumped

http://www.funtrivia.com/ - The Trivia Portal - questions, games and forums

http://www.funtrivia.com/Miscellaneous/Laws2.html - Misc. legal trivia and facts

http://www.bic.edu/general/triviaarchives.html - Baltimore International College Trivia Archives

http://www.behindthename.com/elements.html - Etymology and History of First Names

http://www.eponym.org/ - Origins and meanings of names

http://www.writersdigest.com/ - Writer's Digest

http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/ - Writing resources

http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html - A Word a Day, the music and magic of words

http://members.aol.com/disablen2/Links/MegaLinks.html - Disability Links

http://afraidtoask.com/ - Have you ever had a medical question that you were too embarrassed to ask a friend, family member or even your doctor?

http://www.komando.com/other/kool_sites/ - Kim Komando's Komputer Klinic Kool Sites

http://www.braindumps.com/ - Info links - arts, business, home, health, news, reference, recreation, science, society, sports and more

http://www.cam.org/~jennyb/index.html - Sayings, inspirations, phrase origins, superstitions and more

http://www.catechnologies.com/davidlouisharter/links.html - "The Ultimate Links Page" - there are a bunch

http://www.allyoucanread.com/ - newspaper and magazine links

http://www.utorials.com/ - Tutorials on a wide range of subjects

http://www.hereontheweb.com/ - Links to utility tools, tricks and more that's cool and handy to have

http://www.removeyou.com/ - E-mail removal system - does seem to reduce junk

http://www.neatnettricks.com/ - A few chuckles along with some down-to-earth ways to enhance everyone's computer and Internet experience

http://newbieclub.com/ - "You may be a newbie, but you're sure not a dummy!" - features free tutorials, e-mail courses, e-Books, help forum and more in non-techy, Newbie-speak

http://www.hints-n-tips.com/index.htm - Useful ideas for a variety of topics

http://www.thepocket.com/- The Pocket Internet - free downloads, wavs, greeting cards, cartoons, gadgets, gizmos and more

http://www.brailleit.com/Index.htm - Braille transcription service on and off line

http://cometzone.cometsystems.com/ - Cursors

http://www.acme.com/ - ACME Labs - cool page tools, label, license, candy hearts, calendar makers and more

http://www.geocities.com/cj1alt/tools/unix-bracket-stripper.html - Mr. Ed's Simple E-Mail Unix Bracket (>) Stripper - simple tool removes those annoying > symbols that are inserted when e-mail has been forwarded

http://globemark.net/FreeZinesOnline.htm - Free zines online

http://crossstitch.about.com/mbody.htm - Cross stitchers' delight - loads of free patterns, links and more

http://www.web-holidays.com/index.html - Myriad of holidays to explore from Candlemas to Christmas, Purim to Ramadan, Boxing Day to Tet ... includes April Fool's too - fun stuff and info

http://members.tripod.com/sunysmile/Grabasmileindex-5.html - Cute greetings

http://www.countryhumor.com/ - Southern, redneck, country, humor, recipe links and more

http://www.cooking.com/ - Shopping, recipes, menu planner, wedding registry, cooking clubs and more

http://www.artwizzerd.com/ - Full palette of art and entertainment by Sharon Jagger

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html - Thousands of quality recipes by category or search, features Online Culinary Help, cookery charts, tips and more - And it's where I found an interesting answer to the rabbit/rarebit name game question

http://www.cuisinedumonde.com/index.html - Recipes from around the world - features another rarebit tidbit and recipe: http://www.cuisinedumonde.com/rarebit.html

http://allrecipes.iwon.com/encyc/terms/W/9092.asp - How to change a rabbit into a buck - OK, I give up - go to www.Google.com - enter rarebit and rabbit to search for more links

http://www.sandiego-books.com/suprtoc.htm - Superstitions, witchcraft, folklore, black magic, myths, voodoo, occult

http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/sacredplacesintro.html - Sacred places

http://www.pointoflife.com/index.html - Point of Life, living life to the fullest by Michael Levy

http://www.sew-whats-new.com/projects/projects-index.shtml - Quilting and sewing projects

http://crafterscommunity.com - Crafts for everyone

http://www.mjdesigns.com/CRFTPROJ.HTM - MJ Designs

http://ntl.sympatico.ca/~whogan/index.htm - Wendy's World of Fun and Crafts (and more) for kids, includes craft recipes

http://fromthehomefront.com - "It's everything a woman wants"

http://www.LittleCountryVillage.com - Frugal Living and Homesteading How-to Heaven

http://doityourself.com/intro2.htm - The Natural Handyman - "A feast of home repair, humor, help and encouragement"

http://www.diynet.com/DIY/0,1014,,FF.html - Thousands of do-it-yourself projects ranging from crafts to car care

http://www.household-helper.com/ - Home repair and improvement

http://www.secondwivesclub.com/ - Help develop positive attitudes and behaviors for women in blended family situations

http://home.talkcity.com/StudioDr/crippins/mainlistings.html - "To add inspiration and hope to your day" - includes extensive, interesting link collection for women and more

http://www.VirtualWall.org - Vietnam Veterans Memorial - personal memorials and links to memorials on other sites with letters, poems, pics and email links

http://www.geocities.com/k9wwlist/ - K9WebWorld 'zine, new site, new staff, new features

http://www.chazhound.com/doglinks/pages/New/ - The Doggie Directory Puppy Greeting Cards Themes and Screens Free Pet Games Dog Picture Gallery

http://www.dogomania.com/topsites/ - Top 100 Dog Sites

http://www.canine-behavior.com/index.html - "... common sense, practical guide to the whats, whys and hows of the canine mind."

http://www.fema.gov/fema/anemer.htm - Advice and resources to help prepare and respond to the emergency needs of animals, whether one or one hundred

http://www.vetinfo.com/ - Veterinary info, help to understand diseases, disorders and health maintenance requirements of dogs and cats - not intended to diagnose or treat; interesting tips from readers too

http://www.avma.org/default.htm - American Veterinary Medical Association, excellent info/interesting features range

http://www.talktothevet.com/index.html - Talk to a vet for about individual needs via E-mail.

http://www.talktothevet.com/ARTICLES/DOGS/chocolatetoxic.HTM - Chocolate toxicity in dogs

http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/34372.html - Winterizing your dog

http://www.doggiedoor.com/ - Doggie Door to Canine Behavior, " ... your dog's best friend as you surf around and discover ways to help your dog become a well-adjusted, happy canine companion."

http://www.petrescue.com/ - "Welcome to our world, where the welfare of every animal that crosses our path is of the utmost importance to us."

http://www.petswelcome.com/ - Pet-friendly travel resource

http://www.ultimutt.com/ - Say it with dogs! Motivational artwork - posters and greeting cards

http://www.theanimalspirit.com/ - Animal rights and rescue, spay/neuter and other links, info

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contacta.htm - How to locate a wildlife rehabilitator

http://www.worldbirdsanctuary.org/ - Mission: to preserve the earth's biological diversity and to secure the future of threatened bird species in their natural environments through education, propagation, field studies and rehabilitation; includes info about what to do if you find a baby bird

http://www.ahimsatx.org/nnl/humorus.htm - NeuterNeuterLand - spay/neuter graphics, etc. to promote neuter with humor

http://www.therealmartha.com/adopt/index.htm - Meet the Shelter Sweeties - tons more animal welfare links (not listed on this page)

http://www.therealmartha.com/spayneuter/index.htm - My own brand (ass example above) of spay/neuter messages on printable pages, happy to customize, adding new frequently

http://www.ncdl-dogpile.co.uk/ - For every search made on the DogPile search engine a donation will be made to the National Canine Defence League (NCDL), the UK's largest dog welfare charity. Cool, my sites are listed - proof positive of excellence :) DogPile's my fave from now on. Maybe US and other countries' humane societies will soon be able to benefit too. In the meantime, paws across the pond works for me. This kind of thing has a way of going around and coming back to the best advantage for all.

http://www.accy.net/dogrules.htm and http://www.accy.net/catrules.htm - Waaay too funny

http://www.wonderpuppy.net/canwehelp/ - Facts and good advice for anyone considering giving up a pet. Of course that's not YOU, send to people who need the education to resolve problems first - might cost a life otherwise

www.takingthelead.co.uk - Taking the Lead - dog training and behavior, interviews, fun, understanding (how dogs think - really good examples), bereavement, remembrance and more

http://www.wonderpuppy.net/ - Humor, serious/important issues/info, great links ... much miscellaneous

http://www.aatonline.net/aat_001.htm - Animal assisted therapy

http://mydarndog.com - A showcase of pets in all their wreckage glory - leader of the Punk Pet pack is Dobi - Head of all Mayhem, Queen of all Destruction - just gotta love the little monsters

http://www.thedogpark.com/ - Interactive guide to dog parks across the country

http://www.petitiononline.com/AdoptOut/petition.html - Stop the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores petition

http://www.therealmartha.com/rescue/index.htm - What rescue is all about

http://www.petswithdisabilities.org/ - Disabled pet support and networking

www.geocities.com/hck9sar - The Hendricks County [Indiana] K-9 Search and Rescue Team is an all volunteer, not-for-profit organization, whose volunteers dedicate their time, energy and love to the task of training canines, and the handlers who follow these incredible animals to lost people who cannot help themselves back home - never a charge to agencies or individuals for services provided, service not limited to Indiana

http://www.vdhaonline.org/ - Combat Veteran Dog Handlers - Support the National War Dog Memorial Fund

http://www.thecatsite.com/ - Cat community info

http://www.lovethatcat.com/spayneuter.html - Low cost or free spay/neuter programs, listed by state - includes additional links and good general info

http://www.meowmail.com/ - The online community for well-wired cats and their human valets

http://www.petsa-z.com/ - Pets A to Z - Wide variety of links

http://www.lettuceladies.com/broc.html - Dig it - beefcake for PETA

www.kateconnick.com/postcard.html - KC's Dog Postcards (cats too) - Lib and Buster and a friend's cat also named Buster are famous now! See http://www.kateconnick.com/postcards/page10.html, Party Cat caption, pic of kitty with his invitation to "shower" given by the gang who rescued him. Suggestion - serve Kitty Litter Cake, recipe and pic: http://members.aol.com/MsAtte2ude/happy4th.index.html; Look for my Buster: http://www.kateconnick.com/postcards/page8.html, Boston Terrier and Chewing captions: Miss Liberty is the newshound, poodle mix, poo-mix pup and well-dressed (in her stars and stripes): http://www.kateconnick.com/postcards/page3.html

http://www.ipetspot.com - The Internet Pet Stop - spotlights and links

http://www.anticruelty.org/introducing_a_new_animal_to_the_home.htm - Introducing a new animal

http://www.geocities.com/~kidsanddogs/ - Kids' guide to dog care - excellent range of topic coverage, especially spay/neuter info (a lesson most adults need too), all suitable for classroom use

http://vetmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm - Help! My animal is sick and I can't afford to go to the vet - ideas (and possible options) for sick pets in financially tough times

http://woogly.com - Uncle Aussie's daily Out of My Mind into Yours column - do not go there without an open mind

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/ - Wilson's Almanac Scriptorium - folklore of each day, festivals, calendar customs, New Age, alternatives, On This Day and inspiration

http://thundercloud.net/stationery/ - Free e-mail stationery for Outlook and Outlook Express

http://www.rdonations.com/ - Donate cash with no money - pick a charity and click on the advertising banners that appear on each page - sponsors make your donation

http://www.hugsandhope.com - A charity for children striving to help kids with cancer and other serious illnesses - each month, stories and pictures are posted of two to four children who are seriously injured or ill, visitors to the site are asked to "send a smile" by saying a prayer for and mailing a card or small gift to each child with a note of encouragement to the parents

http://Rexanne.com - An extensive, informal family and parenting site with more than 500 categorized quality site links - featuring full-service holiday pages, humor and free newsletter with parenting issues, family links and fun

http://www.therealmartha.com/rina/default.htm - Caricatures by Rina - unique custom art from your photos (people or animals), adaptable for a wide variety of uses, logo/award specials available to Webmasters

http://petloss.com/ The Pet Loss Grief Support Website

http://mit.midco.net/deepow3/ziplo-dog.html - How Are You Now? - my four-legged friend
and where are you now that life has come to an end

Please also see a project to wake the public to the need for animal protection legislation changes. Too many people are anesthetized to the "normal" forms of abuse - this is the height of depravity.

http://www.therealmartha.com/FirecrackerDog/index.htm

It is a must-read for anyone who cares. Do not be afraid to face it, no gory details were necessary. Your help is needed with circulation, by E or hands-on printout distribution. Tip: you may want to rename the page "Super Dog" to "trick" the squeamish into opening. All's fair in this kind of battle.

Click to feed animals in need - no cost to you, sponsor supported
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/

Click Daily -- Feed an abused, neglected or abandoned animal now!

Oddballs
http://starterupsteve.servepics.com:60000/swf/f-word.html - Outrageously hilarious but very naughty, as you can see in URL

More on the way - stay tuned! Additions will be published about once a week (famous last words).

Dyno Deals
This is the spot for your legitimate freebies and sale offers. I believe I have seen just about every scam and get-rich-quick scheme - please let's not waste each other's time.

http://www.nojunkfree.com/ - No Junk Free Stuff

Wedding and Anniversary
Announcements and Messages

~ Special Occasions ~
Where's the party? Opening a new site/section? Setting up a special chat?

Coming soon: Granny Greetings - a special collection of granny goodies from all over the 'net featuring originals too. More info below.

Queen Can-ivore's Grand Opening at the new place - a.k.a. The Escape from aol Hell - hurry over, The Queen of Cans is holding court right now!
http://therealmartha.home.mindspring.com/

~ Celebrations ~
Category is wide open, announce your milestones -  (anything from surviving the big 50 to reaching a goal - biz or personal).

OK, I'll start - counting down to officially over the hill: 11-09-53

Suggestions always welcome

(~.*)

You waited, you sent contributions, it's finally here ...

Granny Greetings - a collection of granny goodies from all over the 'net - featuring pics, links, original compositions and tributes. Send yours! Please include credit if known.

To be notified when any new page is published, send a blank E to screen name SendNewPage@aol.com - specify topic/department in subject line. Make that, I'll put you on a list and I'll try notification, but can't guarantee delivery thanks to Aol screw-ups.

TheRealMartha@Mindspring.com

or

AltMartha@aol.com

Hit these bases too ...

Yee Haw - sendin' da green keeps this ol' donkey pullin' the cart ya know.

http://www.therealmartha.com/indexgraphiccr/default.htm New Site Index/Graphics Credits
Variety pages feature critters, recipes, humor, anything could pop up next

Main Critter Index
http://www.therealmartha.com/CritterIndex/index.htm

http://www.therealmartha.com/Special%20Adopt/index.htm Special Needs Dogs Adoptathon Report

I ordinarily answer mail within two days - that's iff'n the crick don't rise. Try again if you don't get a reply right away. E-vaporations are quite common, never hurts to send copies to two addys. TheRealMartha@Mindspring.com and/or AltMartha@aol.com, please direct critter material to LibbyK9@aol.com.