Over the past year-plus, my readership has spread far and wide (shout out, Tikrit!) and I’m very happy about that. Today I'd like to share some of my own favorite modes of procrastination:Not Fooling Anybody: a hilarious collection of pics of fast-food restaurants sloppily converted into all kinds of odd new restaurants and businesses. Recently, I submitted one from around the corner from me: a bank that was formerly a Burger King. Liz, who runs the site, flipped when she got it, but hasn’t had time to post it yet.
Favorite entry: a KFC turned chiropractic office, still featuring the big bucket out front.
Straight Cash Homey: random sightings of guys wearing jerseys of lousy/over-the-hill athletes. The site-runner writes a genius comment about each one.
Favorite entry: straightcash doesn’t allow for a direct link, but the best was a guy wearing a Penny Hardaway jersey with the line: “Ironically, the jersey cost this guy one cent.”
World Trade Center Logo Preservation Project: afraid they’re going to disappear from the city, a New York photographer is collecting images of logos that include the World Trade Center towers.
Favorite entry: they’re all pretty damn cool.
The Imaginary World: incredibly impressive compilation of packaging of candy, cereal, toys and displays. It’ll bring back your childhood.
Favorite entry: Sugar Pops, back when Kellogg's had the guts to actually call them "Sugar Pops." (And put the Marlboro Man's cousin on the box.)
Rob Weintraub: this isn’t actually a blog, but Rob, one of my best friends since high school, is a very talented sportswriter who contributes to many magazines and sites, most notably slate.com.
Favorite entry: no doubt for me, Rob’s take on the ESPN show “Fish On."
