Mom’s Cancer - a comic strip about a very smart man’s mom getting diagnosed with lung cancer. It’s not as depressing as it sounds but it is interesting, poignant, sad, and thought-provoking.

There’s a Confederacy of Dunces fan group on LiveJournal where the postings are rare but usually written in character and are damn funny.

The Authentic History Center - looking at pop cultural artifacts from a different, more prejudiced time from a modern perspective. (Right, go check out some of the cartoons from 2001) Reminds me of the “Coon Chicken” scenes in Ghost World.

Salon article on A Very Long Engagement, the new Jeunet film with Audrey Tautou, most people know her sweet face from Amelie.