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Foreign Cultures

"As an American, I'm appalled that my countrymen are so uninterested in learning other languages. It seems like everyone else in the world speaks at least two. Maybe this site will help lazy Americans learn foreign languages instead of watching wrestling. Language Box is the perfect hub for any language lover. They provide links to all the best sites for learning about foreign countries and their languages. They'll soon have online language courses, but for now they have links to other exceptional language sites.

Language Box

Free Stuff

Never pay for anything ever again! Well, this site isn't quite that good, but it will definitely help you find some free stuff. Freemania can send updates on free samples, contests, and online services If it's free and available on the web, you can probably find it here. And, of course, the newsletter is free.

Freemania

A Time-Out From Parenting

Trying to run a house full of kids is much harder than running any office. Do those little rugrats have you down? Here's a place you can go where everything isn't so serious and hectic. It's a humorous take on parenting from Sanity Central. Forget about scrubbing the kitchen floor and hosing down the playpen for a while. It's for your own good.

Sanity Central

Prepare for College

This site has some helpful information, but it is mainly notable for its links to good college planning resources. Find out what high school courses you should take, choose the best college, and find the right financial aid, They even have a section especially for adults, so you old fogies have no excuse for not going back to school. Rodney Dangerfield did it, so why can't you?

College Is Possible

Film: The Early Years

You mean there were movies before Arnold Schwartzeneger and Tom Green? Strangely enough, yes! To learn about the first decade of cinema, just visit this site. It covers all of the people and inventions that laid the groundwork for today's fine cinema. Could the Lumiere brothers have created a masterpiece like Freddy Got Fingered? It's very doubtful.

Early Cinema

Cheating Death

Could cloning help you live longer? Are our cells programmed to self-destruct? Find answers to those questions at The Life Extension Foundation. They're dedicated to lengthening the human lifespan. To further that goal, they fund research to combat disease and reverse aging. You'll find news about the latest scientific breakthroughs, as well as products that will help you live longer.

The Life Extension Foundation

These are from Click's Today, an email newsletter that I get every so often. I just never seem to get around to posting them.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

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Some very excellant links here, just not enough hours to read them ALL!!!!!

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

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