[bribriagain]

That alt.whitewater newsgroup predated FR and may have been FR's inspiration IMHO. Lotta history there.

[jodorowsky]

I discovered so many funny, insightful thinkers there, many of whom are represented in links from Swann's blog.

And the weasels... what a fantastic collection of characters it all was.

Having obsessively lurked a.c-e.c.w. through the Clinton years, I almost feel like someone who got to sit through meetings of the Continental Congress or something firsthand ;)