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By Jeannie Ben-Hain

ModernHumorist.com is a site that offers a wide variety of humor for those who use it. The majority of the content is satirical towards politics, but pop culture, Hollywood, and the internet are also big targets. One of the most amusing sections of the site is dedicated to George "Dubya" Bush. The site is selling a fictitious scrapbook which is imagined to be written by the president during his election and first term. These include hilarious drawings of his vice president, "Uncle Dick", and a page giving him Mnemonics to remember his staff: (Coal+Inn Pow+El = Colin Powell). Another section I found amusing was the Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries area. Here, current events (like the Metallica lawsuit against Napster) are brought before the boy detective in the same style as the short stories in the original books. In the end, the villain is always determined to be "Bugs Meany" who has somehow infiltrated into the Supreme Court or some other public arena. Within the story there are also line drawings that are similar to the ones in the book with funny captions. Having read many Encyclopedia Brown stories when I was young I found this to be a funny way to make a comment about current events.

Overall the site is quite good and new content is put up on the site daily. I did feel like there was a large number of ads on the site which detracted from it a bit, but I can understand the need to fund the site. Definitely check the site out if you are a fan of witty satire.