Letters of Note

Every so often, I stumble across something truly awesome online.

I'm not talking about distractions, time-wasters, dancing babies, movie trailers, or social networking.

I'm talking about something so incredibly cool that you have no choice but to share it with others.

If you haven't already seen it, I give you Letters of Note.

I love this site. It is what people mean when they use the phrase, "an embarrassment of riches." Here, you'll find previously unpublished correspondance from Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Harlan Ellison, E.B. White, Roald Dahl, J.D. Salinger (including a brief, funny review of Raiders of the Lost Ark, which he'd just seen) Philip K. Dick, Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, Pete Docter, Kurt Cobain, Hunter S. Thompson, Forrest J. Ackerman, John Candy, Steve Martin, William S. Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Conan O'Brien...and the list goes on and on. Some of the lettters are angry, some are hilarious, some are incredibly illuminating, some are astonishingly profane.

All are totally fascinating.

It's updated daily. It reminds me of the fan letter that I wrote to Forrest J. Ackerman myself, when I was twelve or thirteen, and the kind and witty response that I received from him.

It is now officially my favorite site.