Check out the Pixies, probably the best band ever at:

http://www.elektra.com/elektra/pixies/index.jhtml;jsessionid=AMZU1BUXOBMHCQAMEEQSFFA?_requestid=1032836  This is the labels site, for a great fan site go here: http://membres.lycos.fr/alec/index.html

 

The greatest band to come out of Chicago is Eleventh Dream Day; check them out at their current label's site:

 

http://www.wilcoworld.net/  The site of the best band out there today, Wilco.

 

http://www.alternativetentacles.com/ offers not only music, but politics, culture and a look at the world through Jello Biafra's perspective.  Biafra, for those who don't recognize the name, was the leader of the great punk band The Dead Kennedy's.

 

I've loved Michael Moore since Roger and Me came out.  He's only improved with time and who knows what the state of television would be if his TV Nation show would have survived corporate censorship. There are also great links to other alternative sites.  www.MichaelMoore.com

 

For an offbeat look at life, check out

www.cockeyed.com  don't worry it doesn't have anything to do with the first four letters!

 

Go to http://www.rocketpack.org/ for fun and interesting writing on the internet.

 

So, you always wanted to swear in Latin!  Go here to find out how: http://www.insults.net/html/swear/index.html

 

Ok, so I'm a special eduation teacher and I'm supposed to be empathetic, which I am.  We do need to blow off steam at times, just like the folks at this site which offers a funny, if inappropriate, but accurate look at life in the "special" classroom.  I literally fell out of my chair as I read this site for the first time.  http://tardblog.com/

 

A great spot for real news, not propaganda.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

 

Can't stand Dubya? Neither can I or the folks at this site.  A hilarious look at the current residence (ha ha George) resident in the White House.  They've got many great pages to link to lampooning the entire right wing takeover of the government, media and religion in the United States.  http://www.gwbush.com/

 

A great link site to interesting places on the web:  http://bored.com/

 

The mother tongue is massacred around the world; see how at http://www.engrish.com/index.html

 

A good site for professional information on behavior disorders.  The Council for Children with Behavior Disorders is a subdivision of The Council for Exceptional Children.  Check it out:  http://www.ccbd.net/

 

http://www3.govst.edu/n-battaglia/doe/  The link to the Division of Education at Governors State University; I am enrolled in the Multicategorical Special Education program and already completed the Educational Administration program.  Good for me, right!

 

This is where I have worked for the past three years.  http://www.eisencoop.org/index2.htm To check out the program I work in, click here http://www.eisencoop.org/worthridge.htm

 

A great site about the Great Lakes and fishing for salmon and trout on the inland oceans.  http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/envt/fish/fish_1.html

 

Fishing updates for Lake Michigan and general fishing information can be found at http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/reports/reports.htm

 

For quality reporting on politics and culture you can't beat The Progressive. Check them out online at http://www.progressive.org/

 

The right wing has Reader's Digest, the intelligent among us go to http://www.utne.com/ for the real perspective on the world.  Remember, it was John Stuart Mill who said "While all conservatives are not stupid, all stupid people are conservative."

 

For a more intellectual look at the left, visit The Nation.  http://thenation.com/

 

When I'm looking for an auction to go to, I check out two sites on the web for auctions in northern and central Illinois and Indiana http://www.biddersandbuyers.com  http://auction-block.com/