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[|**Indexed**]: Here is a description from //Time// which gave Indexed.com one of its 2008 Web Awards: Created by writer and illustrator Jessica Hagy, this blog reduces the rich pageantry of life to small Venn Diagrams and bar graphs that graphically and (often hilariously) highlight life's profundities and absurdities. One diagram features three circles labeled "laxatives," "acne cream," and "wart removal" sharing an intersection marked "no eye contact with the cashier". Another Venn fable: three circles marked "crumbs" "pennies" and "years of your life" share the intersection "in the couch cushions." A dating/romance line graph shows a steadily declining number of "potential mates without baggage" as one's age increases, with the non-baggage mates plummeting to zero after age 40.

[|**//Time// Magazine's Photo Essays**]: //Time// magazine offers a compelling visual documentation of the week through photographs. The site also includes easily accessible archives of past weeks. Every picture here is worth…well, you guessed it: a thousand words.

__ *Found Magazine** __: Here is how they describe Found.com: "We collect found stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, doodles—anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes. We certainly didn't invent the idea of found stuff being cool. Every time we visit our friends in other towns, someone's always got some kind of unbelievable discovered note or photo on their fridge. We decided to make a bunch of projects so that everyone can check out all the strange, hilarious and heartbreaking things people have picked up and passed our way. "