LAND OF LINKIN'

Mark Time's all-purpose Bookmarks/Favorites/Useful Links, sorted (when possible) by subject matter.  In progress 9/5/01...suggestions welcome here!

BASEBALL
Major League Baseball's official corporate site
Minor League Baseball
MarkTime Ballpark Reviews - includes links to each team, and to pictures of old and proposed new parks
Baseball Quotes and other humor
Baseball Weekly
Many pix of old parks on ballparks.com
Go see the Kids in the Hall of Fame
Sportsline Baseball Statistics
The statoholic's dream...Total Baseball
J-Ball - Japanese Baseball, from an American fan in Japan
Anaheim Angels - my local team now, alas
Chicago Cubs - keep up with the old home-town team
Cubs' 1969 lineup
Los Angeles Dodgers - get a lot of press around here for some reason
Oakland A's - my AL team of choice
San Francisco Giants - another former home-city team

CITY PLANNING

LA Conservancy - city architecture and design
Delirious LA - Architecture and Urban Design Events in LA

FUN-HOUSE

My "Home" page
The Onion - America's Finest News Source
News Of The Weird - Also hilarious, though mostly all true?!?
Ask Dr. Science!
Duck's Breath group
Get Fuzzy - comic strip
One Big Happy - comic strip
This Modern World - Tom Tomorrow cartoons, commentary
Will Durst - political commentary
Mother Jones Magazine
Harry Shearer - satire, radio, and lots of Simpsons voices [being remodeled?]
Shrubonics del Duh-Bya  (closed??)
The "Darwin Awards"
Michael "Roger & Me" Moore / The Awful Truth
Childhood Memories of Food (BoomerBaby.com)
Soft Drinks, past and Present
Def Dedication! - Casey at the Mic (.wav file)
Negativland
Yahoo! Negativland message board
'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy - Baking carrot buscuits
"Brick a Brand" and other wacky games
Solitare, an "educational" game from the Travel Channel
Freecell, Yahoo style
Waste of Time
 


HIKING/Biking

Bike Paths in Los Angeles
BikeStation Long Beach
Bikes on Transit
Orange County Trails
MAPS
National Geographic - map section harder to use than before
Mapblast - especially to get a city map without a full address
Expedia - clean, though not always detailed
Mapquest - ads slow things down and take up space
50states.com - state maps, info, capitals, etc
Color Landform Atlas of the United States - also including counties
Netscape Maps Directorys

MOVIES

Movies : Classic Sci-Fi Movies : All time favorite movie quotes
Cashiers du Cinemart Online
Charles Schneider mini-biography
Wasting Time on Bad Movies (by the makers of Thrift Score): Main Page
Buzz Kilman's Drive-in Reviews - a fan of "quality kills"
Svengoolie's Movie Poll
Moviefone - reference for current films, theatres
Internet Movie Database

MUSIC

Tower Records
Yahoo! Swing Out Sister message Board
Yahoo! Basia message board
Pop/Rock Music Collection & trades

NEWSPAPERS

Inland Empire Online (Riverside Press-Enterprise)
La Dog-Trainer (Los Angeles Times)  [archives for a price only!]
LaTimes - Orange edition
LA Weekly
OC Weekly
OC Cage-Liner (Orange County Register)
Chicago Sun-Times
Newspaper links
More links...fewer papers, but cleaner and easier to use

RADIO - Stations and Networks

National Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio - Ideas Network
Wisconsin Public Radio - NPR News & Classical Music Network
KCRW - NPR/Santa Monica College
KCSN - Cal State-Northridge
KLON - Cal State-Long Beach
KPCC - Minnesota Public Radio/Pasadena City College
KPFK - Pacifica
KUCI - UC-Irvine
KUCR - UC-Riverside
KUSC - University of Southern Cal
KVCR - NPR/San Bernardino Valley College
Weatheradio Canada

RADIO - Lists/References/Articles

My favorite local radio programs list
My Bay Area station list
My Las Vegas station list
My Southern California station list
My Chicagoland Radio History list
Gruesome, gory details on the many lives of 94.7 in Chicago
Tim Noonan - Wisconsin area radio
Robert Feder - Chicago Sun-Times (Tues-Fri)
Gary Lycan - Orange County Register (Sundays)
radio-info.com - still more LA radio news
radiostation.com - station lists, location maps
Broadcast Station Locator Page
Radio & Records - ratings, music charts
FCC - Mass Media Bureau
AM Query - search the FCC database, such as it is
FM Query - not exactly up-to-the-minute either
AM Stereo Stations
A Cappella Singers - Doo Wop Radio Shows
Blue Highway - Blues Radio Shows
Fat Music Radio Network - KFAT homage page, music shows online
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy links - some work, some don't (he's just this guy, you know?)
Hour 25 homage page - the greatest science fiction radio program I have NEVER heard?!
Harlan Ellison's homepage

RADIO - Airchecks

Airchecks R Us - Yahoo! message board
My tape collection list - such as it is
My Station Tapeable List
My "Most Wanted" list
Tape-Trading Guidelines
Bobonradio - Boston area radio, tape lists
Other tape-trading market lists
Metro Golden Memories - old radio show store in Chicago
Yahoo! Airchecks R Us message board
eGroups Airchecks message board

RADIO - DXing

Glenn Hauser's World of Radio
Weatheradio Canada
ACE - Association of Clandestine Enthusiasts
WTFDA - TV & FM DX Association
Hobby Broadcasting - low-power/"pirate" radio and TV
Popular Communications - radio hobbyist magazine
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (domestic)
RCI - Radio Canada International
Deutsche Welle - German international Radio
BBC World Service - British Broadcasting Corporation international radio
AFRTS - American Forces Radio & Television Service
VOA - Voice of America, aka your tax dollars at work, for overseas consumption only

REFERENCE

50states.com - state maps, info, capitals, etc
Munisource - links to links for most city, state and provincial governments
Color Landform Atlas of the United States - also including counties
Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Dep't of the Treasury
Earthquakes - US Geological Survey/Pasadena
Dogpile - multi-engine search party
Northern Lights - great at times, when not bogged down by paid listings
How Stuff Works - basic reference
Introduction to HTML - U of Toronto
Fill-out FORMs in HTML
Dictionary.com
Word of the Day
Thesaurus.com
Merriam-Webster
Translations - for text or Web pages
Internet Public Library - book reference from University of Michigan
Fullerton Public Library
The Weather Channel

RESTAURANTS

Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles - My kind of brunch!
Del Taco - local rival to Taco Hell [site under construction]
Yoshinoya - Japanese-owned teriyaki chicken & "beef bowl" chain
Fresh Choice - salad and soup bars, in northern California, central Texas, Seattle area
Souper Salad -  salad and soup bars, in
Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes -  salad and soup bars, in
Steak N Shake (wake up folks, it's NOT fast food!)
Bishop's Buffet/Furr's Cafeteria - cafeteria-style buffets in Iowa and southwest US
In & Out Burgers - for that in & out urge
Sonic Drive-Ins - the hedgehog of carhop chains
Skyline Chili - Cincinnati-style chili
Weinerschnitzel - not a Chicago or New York dog, but when stuck out west...
Kopp's - frozen custard in Milwaukee
Cracker Barrel - franchise home cookin'
Waffle House - no waffling about my favorite breakfast
CiCi's Pizza - not authentic, but great for the price (especially the buffet!)
Jack's - odd little burger & lunch chain in Alabama
Wendy's/Tim Horton Donuts - somewhat uncommon out there
Farmer Boys - Hey, you gave me too much food!  (moving west from Inland Empire)
Baker's Drive-Thru - Great Food Close To Home (if home is near Riverside)
White Castle - home of the gut-bomb
Vienna Beef - Chicago hot dog tradition, whose yellow signs show up occasionally out here too!

SHIPPING

Airborne Express
DHL
FedEx - aka Federal Express
FedEx Supplies - sporatic service
United Parcel Service
United States Postal Service - general information
USPS Zip Code Lookup - including zip+4
Canada Post/Postes Canada

TELEVISION

PBS - Public Broadcasting Service, with a grant from the [ _fill-in-blank_ ] Corp.
KCET - PBS Los Angeles/28
KLCS - educational Los Angeles/58
KOCE - PBS/educational Huntington Beach/50
KVCR-TV - PBS San Bernardino/24
ABC - American Broadcasting Company, aka the Mouse House
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System/Infinity/Viacom/Paramount/etc
FOX - a public service of The News Corp.
NBC - National Broadcasting Company, rive from Rybia tonight....
PAX - Paxson Network, a subsidiary of NBC
UPN - United Paramount Network, pending assimilation by the CBS Borg?
the WB - Animaniacs, aka Warner Brothers
Low Power TV USA - not to be confused with....
TBN - Trinity Broadcasting Nuthouse
My station "tapeable" list
This Hour Has 22 Minutes - CBC satirical news show
Yahoo! Royal Canadian Air Farce message board
TV Party Tonight!
Northern Exposure links
The Prisoner
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - Sci-Fi Channel
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - (unofficial) Gizmonic Institute
The Persuaders

TRANSIT - Associations, Info

My Transit Page
American Public Transit Association - transit links
So.CA.TA - Southern California Transit Advocates
RAOC - Rail Advocates of Orange County
Odyssey - Transit Agency-oriented Sacramento group
SoCal Transit page
Transi2000 - Yahoo! message board
North American Light Rail - Yahoo! message board
Subways of the World
Light Rail in California
Transit Rider
Charles Hobbs' Transit page
Kymberleigh Richards' Transit Insider
California Transit Links
Friends 4 Expo - advocating new light-rail LA-Santa Monica (am on their message boards sometimes)
Transportation and Public Transit, An Online Lesson (a transit-user's training "course")
Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California - the "Red Car" fans
Trainweb - mostly into the long-haul freight and passenger, but a bit of local rail too
TrainWeb - Fullerton, Santa Ana WebCams
BusFan - LA, Orange, other bus photos
California Transit - statewide coverage, including lots of links
Links to transit advocates (mostly Canadian)
The New, New Electric Railway Journal - online version of former rail magazine
Transit Gazette - Portland OR (not updated since 1999, but some useful links)
AORTA - The Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates
The Transit Times - Chula Vista CA (metro San Diego)
Transit Gloria Mundi - rail videos (ones I've seen on A&E were good)
Socaltip - Southern California Transit info
Streetcar Boy
More general transit info
Stalking the Wild Bus Stop

TRANSIT - Systems, Districts

APTA US transit links
APTA California transit links
Foothill Transit - San Gabriel Valley/east Los Angeles County
Long Beach Transit
LADOT - city of Los Angeles
LAMTA - metro Los Angeles
Big Blue Bus - aka Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines
Metrolink - southern California commuter rail
OCTA - Orange County
OCTA Bus Routes - updated to 9/9/01
Omnitrans - southwest San Bernardino County
RTA - western Riverside County
San Diego transit - one-stop shopping for the county's several transit districts
Sunlink - Palm Springs/Coachella Valley
Monorails - the society for big trains on little tracks
Transtar - southern California transit routing (misses San Diego!?)
OTIS - San Diego-centric transit planner
Ventura County Transportation Commission - has own version of Transtar, too
Bay Area Transit Information
CTA - Chicago Transit Authority

TRANSIT - Museums

Seashore Trolley Museum - Kennebunkport ME
Illinois Railway Museum - Union
Orange Empire Rail Museum - Perris CA
Baltimore Streetcar Museum - MD
Market Street Historic Streetcars (F/Market line) - San Francisco CA
New York City Subway Museum
Fullerton Railroad Days

TRAVEL

My Travel pages - trip stories, notes
Yahoo! County Collectors' message board
County-Counting Maps
Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA/ACSC)
Expedia
Travelocity
State Tourism links
CHI Blue - Chicago tourism, info links
Indiana Dep't of Transportation - info for IN and surrounding states
50states.com - state info
Motel 6 - will put your lights out for you
Super 8
Trailside Motels
Amtrak
Greyhound -
Green Tortoise - adventure bus travel
National Park Service
Roadside America (kitschy, garish and goofy tourist spots)

ZINES

My Zines page
APA Centauri - official APA site
APA Centauri's Yahoo message board
APA Centauri's eGroups message board
Obscure Store and Reading (Obscure Publications)
Working For Change - political action
Adjammers - Billboards edited for discontent
LA Weekly (Los Angeles)
OC Weekly (Orange County)
The Onion
Angelfire

&TC.

In The Crease - minor-league hockey
Angelfire Web-pages
Yahoo! mail
Yahoo! message boards

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