I Love the Internet...

...but find it distressing how quickly a visit online becomes rudderless and meandering.

Take this visual map I've constructed (above) as an example. It began innocently as a search for a job on Craigslist; then I became curious about the tsunami, so I went to Huffington Post but was quickly distracted by the gossip/entertainment stories—I clicked on one (forget which) and within that story Mischa Barton's name appeared. So my attention turns to the status of Mischa's career. I search and discover she was arrested for a DUI and drug possession (check out her mugshot above) and was linked to Cisco Adler before she dumped him after this NSFW photo surfaced. So then I wanted to know more about this cornball Cisco Adler. Turns out he fronted two shitty bands: Whitestarr and Shwayze. Then I realized his dad is the famous music producer and Cheech & Chong director, Lou Aldler. This was the only useful byproduct of an otherwise fruitless bout of surfing—because after I search for Mr. Adler, I discover that he's the guy who's always sitting next to Jack Nicholson at Lakers games. And I've always wanted to know who that guy was!