YouTube Is So Yesterday

We're in the thick of March Madness now, and Manager Dad (who is on probation due to the subpar picks he turned in for my brackets this year) just told me about an absolutely brilliant feature that cbs.com) built into their Final Four coverage - the "Boss Button". Apparently you can watch streaming video of the basketball games, and if you are in danger of being spotted by someone important, you just click on the Boss Button and it immediately damps the volume and covers your screen with a faux spreadsheet. Note to Bravo TV, can you please install a similar feature attached to the videos featuring your exquisitely dumb, beautiful wannabe supermodels?

As we are all aware, the web affords a breathtaking array of ways to better occupy your attention than work or spending time with family. In no particular order, here's my current top 4 recommendations:

Television Without Pity - If you don't have time to actually watch TV, or don't really like the shows but are forced to make awkward chitchat with Bob from Accounting and need a few "American Idol" tidbits, this site is for you. Filled with comprehensive, snarky, and brilliantly written recaps of all of the shows you care about, and many that you don't. The women who write Go Fug Yourself (another great time waster) cut their chops on this site.

Dickipedia - Yes, it's like Wikipedia, but substantially more entertaining. With entries on the likes of Kanye West, Dr. Phil, and Billy Packer, among others, this site is all about the insufferable, self-righteous jerks that annoy you, but you were never quite able to articulate exactly why. I eagerly, eagerly await the launch of the companion "Skankepedia," referenced in the Tom Brady post.

Sleeveface - a site featuring user-submitted pictures of people holding up record covers where their faces should be. This site is a consummate example of why we needed an Internet in the first place...to feature utterly pointless, yet extremely cool sites like this one.

The Anagram Generator - simple, straightforward, interactive. Type in a name and it spits out an exhaustive list of associated anagrams. Functionally useful, and with an eerie prescience about the anagrams it's supplying- upon inputting Manager Boy's name, the Generator returned "Common Torment" as the first choice.

These are three of my current favorites...any other suggestions? I'm going to have some free time in the next few weeks- my boss is going to be tied up with his "spreadsheets".

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