1. I think it was equal parts optimism and naiveté that compelled me to think that M.A.F.I.A. was a sports-related site. After all, it was promoted as a site devoted to “handball.” Well, babies, this site deals with a different sort of activity altogether-;one in which the participants form their hands into balls. That’s right: the Chicago-based M.A.F.I.A. stands for Mid-America Fists in Action www.mafiaff.org. You can find out about registration procedures, the group’s history, and, um, house rules. (Get those rubber gloves ready!)

2. Mighty Big TV (www.mightybigtv.com) provides hilarious recaps of more than 40 different shows, from Popular to Oz to that train-wreck-of-a-show Temptation Island. (You shouldn’t look at it, but you’re hooked once you do.) Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks male model Kaya might have a thing for the boys.

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