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Your Daily Dose Links Page

Web Pages That Post Fresh Content
At Least Five Times Per Week

Start your day with a quick tour of your favorite "daily dose" sites — the ones that post a new chuckle, insight, puzzle, commentary, inspiration, or what-have-you, every single weekday.

You can even make "Daily Dose" your home page — the one your browser is automatically set on at the beginning of each Internet session. Here's how.

In contrast to the usual practice, we've made the used links brighter than those you haven't gone to recently (but without being garish about it). The reason is so that your favorites, the ones you like to go to every day, will be the ones that stand out.

Please report dead links or other errors to The Mgt.
If you know of any "daily dose" sites that aren't listed, please report that to The Mgt., too.


CONTENTS

News
Online Cartoons and Comic Strips
Puzzles and Quizzes
Stories
Jokes
Miscellaneous

Newspaper FeaturesLinks


News

NOTE: We can not even begin to list all the headline news and sports available on the Web daily, so as far as the stuff you can get on TV goes, we'll just do a few prominent ones. We are, however, making an effort to gather as many sources of niche news — the stuff that's mostly beneath CNN's notice — as we can find. The only requirement for inclusion is that, like everything listed on Your Daily Dose Links Page, fresh updates must be posted at least five times a week.
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Online Cartoons and Comic Strips

  • The Adventures of Mayberry Melonpool, by Steve Troop. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Alex's Restaurant, by Peter Sinclair. Sitcom-style daily strip featuring the characters in and around a restaurant. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Amazing Montage, by Joe Zabel and Gary Dumm. Continuing stories. Several completed stories available in archives. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Art Comics Daily, by Bebe Williams. Humorous short takes, some continued for a couple of weeks. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Barkie's World, by G.K. Davis. Single-panel humor, no continuing characters. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Bobbins, by John Alison. Continuing stories about four friends. Posted seven days a week.
  • Bookwire Cartoon of the Day, by Mort Gerberg. Single panels from the cartoonist's archives. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • The Boonies, by Wes Hargis. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Bounties, by Terrance Griep, Vatche Mavlian, Mike Kelleher and David Watkins. A traditional western. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Bruno, by Christopher Baldwin. Recently posted its 1,000th strip. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Bruno The Bandit, by Ian McDonald. A doofus barbarian and his dragon sidekick. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Buzzboy, by John Gallagher. The world's most upbeat superhero.
  • By & Large, by Vlad Kolarov. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Callahan, by John Callahan. The work of the famous handicapped cartoonist presented on-line. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Charge!!!, by A. Sacui. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Chicken Writer, by Dan Case & Phil Truman. Posted Monday through Friday. <>I> The Crater Kid, by Marty Bauman. A family-friendly mix of "Space Ghost," "Robot Monster," "Mad" magazine, "Calvin and Hobbes," and Dizzy Gillespie.
  • Crazy Boss, by Mark Martin. A continuing story in comic-strip form, released one panel at a time. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Daily Rarebit Fiend, by Rick Veitch. The nocturnal hallucinations of a man who eats too heavily at bedtime. No archives. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • The Damnation Gambit, by Barry Gregory. Ongoing fantasy storyline. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • The Deep End, by Anton Ballard. One-panel humor. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Dystopia, by Aurelio Santarelli. Posted seven days a week.
  • Flashers, by Elliot Feldman. Single-panel topical humor. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Funny Farm, by Ryan Smith. Three animal roomates and their humorous misadventures. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Gas Comix, by Richard McMurry. Humor stories, including some mild mature-audience material. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • General Protection Fault, by Jeffrey T. Darlington. Focuses on the employees of GPF, a software company. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Girls & Sports, by Andrew Feinstein & Justin Borus. Guys drinking beer, watching sports, and trying to pick up women. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Goats, by Jonathan Rosenberg. A youthful quest for beer and enlightenment. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Gribbleguts, by Dan Gibson. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Helen, by Peter Zale. Cartoon-style soap opera about the glamor of the information age. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Hobnob Inn, by Paige L. Anderson. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Homefolks, by Vlad Kolarov. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Internet Movie Strip, by Kevin Giovanetto. Putting funny captions on news/celebrity photos.
  • The Japanese Beetle by Chris White and Dave the Knave White. Inept superhero and even more inept super villains. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Jerkcity, by Rands Pantalones. Gay humor, sometimes explicitly sexual. Posted seven days a week.
  • The Joke's on You!, by Phil Ryder. A contest each day to come up with a better caption than the cartoonist. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Just Say Cheese, by David Jones. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Kaniamania, by Chris Kania. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Kevin and Kell, by Bill Holbrook. He's a rabbit. She's a wolf. Their families thought it would never work — as a marriage, anyway. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Kozmo, by Yaakov Kirschen. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Marty Bucella's Cartoon of the Day, by Marty Bucella.
  • The Megaton Man Daily Rerun, by Don Simpson. Re-issues of the long-running hit comic book, released one page at a time. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Mostly Business, by Ted Goff. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Newshounds, by Thomas K. Dye. Humor strip about a mostly-canine TV news team. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Not in My Back Yard, by Dale Taylor. Focuses on Oscar the Weiner Dog and his furry friends. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • NUTz, by William Bero. Wry observations in single-panel form. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Off the Mark, by Mark Parisi. Daily gag panel with a twisted point of view. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Orville, by Albert C.Peņa and Richard Tackett. Humor from a Christian point of view. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Over the Edge, by Dan Reynolds. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Ozy & Millie, by D. C. Simpson. Two anthropomorphic animal kids talk about stuff. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • P.S. Mueller cartoons. A daily sample from a vast archive of on-line panels. Posted seven days a week.
  • Reverend Fun, by Dennis "Max" Hengeveld. Christian-oriented single-panel humor. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • The Raunchy Roach Show, by Butch Berry. Single-panel humor. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Running with Scissors, by Jennifer Lopez. Office humor. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Salamander Bits, by T. Weier. Single panel humor. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Showcase. Rotating work of several cartoonists. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Sluggy Freelance, by Pete Abrams. Hair-raising adventure in a humorous vein. Posted seven days a week.
  • Snapshots, by Jason Love. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Soap On A Rope, by Bob Roberds. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Stu's Cartoon Pick of the Day. A selection from the many dailies offered. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • SuperDuperHeroes, by Michael K. Willis and Phillip C. Lane. Comics' favorite subject matter, with a humorous twist. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Superosity, by Chris Crosby. An idiotic web designer in a cape and the strange cast of characters who share his apartment building. Posted seven days a week.
  • Surf Rat & Spencer, by Kyle Goodman. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Tiramisu, by Piero Tonin & Gene Schwimmer. The only cartoon named after an Italian dessert. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Today's Cartoon, by Randy Glasbergen. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Toy Trunk Railroad, by Erik Sansom. Can a dissatisfied businessman find happiness through an obsession with railroads?
  • Trevor, by Piper and Lee. Slightly interactive daily. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Unlike Minerva, by Terrence Marks and John Sowder. Giant insects, among other things. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • User Friendly, which does not seem to have a byline (in keeping with its image as an expression of the Internet's Collective Unconscious). Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Waiting for Bob, by Doug Sheppard and Kevin L. Salyers. Yuppies and couch potatoes. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Wallytown, by Warren Ross. He-said-she-said humor. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • When I Grow Up, by Jeffrey J. Roland. Daily humorous soap opera. Posted Monday through Saturday.
  • Wooden Nicholls, by Kevin Nicholls. Daily cartoon observations. Posted seven days a week.
  • The World of Lily Wong, by Larry Feign. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • ?, by Aric McKeown. Posted Monday through Friday (Friday's episode is animated).
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Puzzles and Quizzes

  • Animal Quiz. Questions to test your knowledge of the animal kingdom. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Anthing Goes Trivia, by Bob Rozakis. Questions about comic books, with comics-related prizes. Posted seven days a week.
  • Bible Quiz: New Testament. A new question every day for knowledgeable readers. Posted seven days a week.
  • Bible Quiz: Old Testament. Test your knowledge of the Good Book, with a new question every day. Posted seven days a week.
  • Daily Cryptogram. Solve a simple cipher and find a familar quotation. Posted seven days a week.
  • Sports Cryptogram. Hone your wits with a new puzzle every day. Posted seven days a week.
  • Sports Trivia. Test your knowledge of the more trivial areas of spectator sports. Posted seven days a week.
  • Today's Anagram. Rearrange the letters to form a familiar name. Posted seven days a week.
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Stories

  • Afterhours Inspirational Stories. Stories to brighten your spirit and help you get through the day. Posted seven days a week.
  • Romance. Serialized fiction. Daily episodes add up to one chapter per week of a continuing story. Complete stories available in archives. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Personal Fantasies. Short-short stories, where you choose the names of the characters. Posted Monday through Friday.
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Jokes

  • Bartenders Joke of the Day. Here's where bartenders pick up fresh content for their own daily use. Posted seven days a week.
  • Comedy.com New jokes every day, with links to other humorous offerings. Posted seven days a week.
  • Daily Humor. New jokes daily. Posted seven days a week.
  • Funny Stuff of the Day. Choose from a menu of several categories of joke, some raunchy. Posted seven days a week.
  • Humor of the Day. New jokes, puns, etc. Posted seven days a week.
  • Joke a Day. A new laugh every day. Posted seven days a week.
  • Joke of the Day. A daily jab at your funnybone, with a handy button for e-mailing it to a friend. Posted seven days a week.
  • Joke of the Minute. Not satisfied with a new joke every day? This one comes complete with a clock counting down seconds until the next posting. Posted over 10,000 times a week.
  • Jokeman.com Often crude, sexist, politically incorrect. Caveat lector. Posted seven days a week.
  • Nerd Humor. Humor for the humor-impaired. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • The TP Daily Humor Page. Off-color humor. Also includes "Daily Faktoid" — just like a factoid, but fake. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • World Wide Wackiness. A new, sometimes off-color joke every day. Posted seven days a week.
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Miscellaneous

  • Babe A Day. Photos of gorgeous women, a new one every day. No porn. Posted seven days a week.
  • Bon Mots. Collected fragments of wisdom. Posted seven days a week.
  • The Comic Store. Reviews of new comic books, usually done two at a time. Posted seven days a week.
  • Hunk A Day. Photos of georgeous men, a new one every day. No porn. Posted seven days a week.
  • iComics. More reviews of new comic books, at the rate of one per day. Posted Monday through Friday.
  • Our Daily Bread. A new inspirational message each day. Posted seven days a week.
  • Word a Day. Increase your vocabulary by learning a new word each day. Includes pronunciation in either Wav or Real Audio. Posted seven days a week.
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Newspaper Features

NOTE: Newspaper features are typically posted either six or seven days a week. Those posted less than five times per week are not listed (but may be found through the Web sites of the syndicates that distribute them — see "Links", below). They usually appear on the Internet a couple of weeks after being published in the papers. Not all newspaper features are available online.

Newspaper features: Advice Columns

Ann Landers Ask Dr. Brothers Dear Abby Hints from Heloise

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Newspaper features: Comic Strips

12:01 Adam@Home Agnes Alley Oop The Amazing Spider-Man Andy Capp Animal Crackers Annie Apartment 3-G Archie Arlo & Janis Ask Shagg B.C. Baby Blues Ballard Street Barney Google and Snuffy Smith Beetle Bailey The Better Half Betty Between Friends Big Nate Bizarro Bliss Blondie Bobo's Progress Boner's Ark The Boondocks The Born Loser Bound & Gagged Brenda Starr Bringing Up Father Broom-Hilda The Buckets Buckles Calvin and Hobbes (reissues) • Cathy Citizen Dog Claire and Weber Close to Home Color Blind Committed Cornered Crabby Road Crankshaft Crock Curtis Dennis the Menace Dick Tracy Dilbert Dinette Set Doonesbury Drabble The Duplex Eek & Meek The Family Circus Farcus Fat Cats The Fifth Wave For Better or Worse For Heaven's Sake Foxtrot Frank and Ernest Fred Basset Free for All Funky Winkerbean The Fusco Brothers Garfield Gasoline Alley Geech Get Fuzzy Gil Thorp Grand Avenue Grin and Bear It The Grizzwells Hagar the Horrible Hazel The Heart of Juliet Jones Heart of the City Heathcliff Henry Herb & Jamaal Herman Hi and Lois Homespin Horrorscope I Need Help Ick In the Bleachers Judge Parker Jump Start Kit 'n' Carlyle Liberty Meadows The Lockhorns Lola LuAnn Madam & Eve Mallard Fillmore Mandrake the Magician Mark Trail Marmaduke Marvin Mary Worth Meatloaf Night Meg! The Middletons Miss Peach Mister Boffo Mixed Media Momma Moose Miller Mother Goose & Grimm The Motley Chronicles Motley's Crew Mutts Nancy The New Breed No Huddle Non Sequitur The Norm On the Fastrack Over the Hedge One Big Happy Overboard PC and Pixel Peanuts Pickles The Piranha Club The Phantom Pluggers Popeye Pops Place Ralph Raw Material Real Life Adventures Reality Check Redeye Rex Morgan, M.D. Rhymes with Orange Rip Kirby Ripley's Believe It Or Not Robotman Rose Is Rose Rubes Rugrats Safe Havens Sally Forth Sam and Silo Second Chances Sherman's Lagoon Shoe Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids Speedbump Steve Roper and Mike Nomad Stone Soup Strange Brew Tank McNamara Tarzan Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles That's Life They'll Do It Every Time Tiger Toby Top of the World Tradin' Paint Trudy Tumbleweeds Us & Them Walnut Grove Warped Wee Pals Willy 'n' Ethel The Wizard of Id Zenon Ziggy Zippy the Pinhead Zits

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Newspaper features: Editorial Cartoons

Robert Ariail Steve Benson Jim Berry The Best And The Wittiest Chip Bok Matt Davies Ed Gamble • Jerry Holbert Etta Hulme Drew Litton Jeff MacNelly Jim Morin • Henry Payne Rob Rogers Bill Schorr Mike Smith Jeff Stahler Ed Stein Dick Wright

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Newspaper features: Entertainment Columns

Beck/Smith Hollywood Exclusive Horoscopes by Joyce Jillson Jacqueline Bigar's Stars Your Individual Horoscope

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Newspaper features: Puzzles

Challenger Contract Bridge Crossword Cafe Cryptograph Hocus Focus Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz Joseph Crossword with Cryptoquote Sheffer Crossword with Cryptoquip Wishing Well Word Sleuth Wuzzles

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Links

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Copyright © 1999 Donald D. Markstein.