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- Books
- There IS life beyond Harry Potter. (Maybe)
- Entertainment & Leisure
- It’s all about the pursuit of happiness… & celebrity gossip.
- IPL’s links on Entertainment& Leisure
- FAEQs on IPL
- Afraid to ask but really, really, really wanna know?
- Try the Frequently Asked Embarassing Questions page.
- Fashion
- Because even the ancient Egyptians loved their makeup.
- IPL’s links on Fashion
- Games
- Fritter your time away with games, tricks, puzzles, and other activities.
- Graphic Novels on IPL
- Comics, comix, manga, anime, and more.
- Humor
- Laughter is good for you. Especially when it’s laughing about your hobbit name.
- Magazines
- Inquiring minds will want to read the latest issues.
- Miscellaneous
- Thingamajigs, whatsits, and various assortments of stuff to make you laugh.
- Movies
- Flicks, films, cinema, picture shows, motion pictures, photoplays, and just plain old movies.
- Music
- Everything from Beethoven to Britney.
- IPL’s links on Music
- Sports
- Soccer? Football? Fútbol? Whatever you play, we’ve got you covered.
- IPL links on Sports
- IPL’s links on Sports
- Trivia
- Forget the Alamo. How many degrees apart are Kevin Bacon and Kevin Costner???
- Urban Legends
- Do people wake up without kidneys? Do cell phones cause gas station explosions? Find out!
- Books Links
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- IPL links on Reading and Writing
- Favorite Teenage Angstbooks :: reviews teen books on sex & love, fitting in, pressure & more
- http://www.grouchy.com/angst/reviews.html
- ALA’s Best Books for Young Adults :: ALA’s annual best books list
- http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/ bestbooksyoung.htm
- Teenreads.com :: reviews of teen books and interviews with the authors
- http://www.teenreads.com
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- Entertainment & Leisure Links
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- IPL’s links on Entertainment & Leisure
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- Fashion Links
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- IPL’s links on Fashion
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- Games Links
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- IPL’s links on Games
- IPL’s links on Puzzles & Word Games
- IPL’s links on Video Games
- Card Tricks
- http://web.superb.net/cardtric/
- Millions of Games
- http://www.millionsofgames.com/
- Neopets :: free and guaranteed to only smell as bad as your computer
- http://www.neopets.com/
- Soduko :: the numerical version of the crossword puzzle
- http://www.sudoku.com/
- IGN’s Top 100 Games :: best video games list that includes arcade and PC games
- http://top100.ign.com/2005/
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- Humor Links
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- The Hobbit Name Generator :: will make you wonder how Sam got his name
- http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/
- The Onion :: the best fake news on the internet
- http://www.theonion.com/
- Googlism :: What does Google think about you, your friends, or whatever?
- http://www.googlism.com/
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- Magazines Links
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- IPL links on Zines
- IPL’s links on Magazines
- Calgary Public Library’s Teen Magazine site :: a great list of teen magazines and links to their homepages.
- http://www.calgarypubliclibrary.com/teens/magazines.htm
- Magazines.com :: description (& subscription information) of over 50 magazines for teens.
- http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?subject=0002
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- Miscellaneous Links
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- IPL’s links on Paranormal Phenomena section
- How Stuff Works :: Tells you how everything works
- http://www.howstuffworks.com/
- What Does Your Phone Number Spell?
- http://www.phonespell.org/
- Teen Resources @ Skokie Public Library
- http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_teens/tn_links/
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- Movies Links
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- IPL’s links on Movies
- Film Wise
- http://www.filmwise.com/visual/index.shtml
- Cinescape's Development Heck :: movies and video games in production
- http://www.cinescape.com/0/devheck_2.asp
- Rotten Tomatoes: Box Office :: movies currently in theaters ranked by box office gross and with lots of reviews
- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movies/box_office.php
- The Internet Movie Database "Tops" :: top box office ratings, top video rentals, top movies of all time, and more…
- http://www.imdb.com/Top/
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- Music Links
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- IPL’s links on Music
- Pandora :: find your new favorite song with the help of the Music Genome Project
- http://www.pandora.com/
- Billboard.com :: upcoming music releases & your favorite albums and artists
- http://www.billboard.com/bb/index.jsp
- VH1 :: VH1’s ratings on music videos, artists and albums
- http://www.vh1.com/artists/charts/
- MTV :: videos, rankings, artists, albums, & singles
- http://www.mtv.com/charts/
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- Trivia Links
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- Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon :: a.k.a., The Oracle of Bacon at Virginia - movies and video games in production
- http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/
- FunTrivia.com :: the oldest & largest trivia site on the net
- http://www.funtrivia.com/
- Movie Trivia from Internet FAQ Archives :: incredible tidbits, in-jokes, and cameos about and in movies and TV
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/movies/trivia-faq/
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- Urban Legends
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- Snopes.com :: Can schoolgirls in Japan purchase panties out of vending machines there? Find out!
- http://snopes.com/
- Discovery Channel’s MythBusters :: Will a penny dropped from the Empire State Building kill someone? Find out!
- http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html
- BreakTheChain.org :: Before forwarding that forward, find out if it is true here.
- http://www.breakthechain.org/
- Truth Or Fiction :: "email reality check"
- http://www.truthorfiction.com/
- The Straight Dope :: How are dances written down? Did dinos have brains in their butts? Cecil Adams snidely answers all.
- http://www.straightdope.com/
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