LINKS

Just for fun, here is a brief sampling of links to informative websites and engaging blogs. Check'm out ...................

News and opinion ~

Amy Walter on politics -- http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline/

The Angry Black Woman on social issues -- http://theangryblackwoman.com/

Amy Alkon on in-your-face relationship advice -- http://www.advicegoddess.com/ag-columns-blog/newindex.html

what's new online -- http://www.reddit.com/

Diane Rehm interviews (NPR) -- http://wamu.org/programs/dr/

Charlie Rose interviews (PBS) -- http://www.charlierose.com/

science updates -- http://www.350.org/about/science

Reference ~

distance calculator -- http://www.travelmath.com/driving/

Places Rated Almanac online -- http://placesrated.expertchoice.com/default.aspx

confirming/debunking urban legends and rumors -- http://www.snopes.com/

vocabulary (NYTimes) -- http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/

interlanguage translation -- http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html

Entertainment ~

xkcd, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language -- http://xkcd.com/

music animation (five stars) -- http://www.musanim.com/

free online chess -- http://www.freechess.org/

free online scrabble -- http://www.isc.ro/en/download.html