<DIV>Back in 1998, internet humor consisted of Hamsterdance.com and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. In 2003, you could watch Homestar Runner, or you could read McSweeney's Internet Tendency. In 2008, it was LOLcatz or McSweeney's Internet Tendency. For 15 years McSweeney’s been the choice for web-based humorous distraction. Lives have been saved through the power of laughter, and McSweeney's accounts for at least 2.5 million of them. These collected classics?the site’s funniest and most-read pieces?are available for the first time without a dial-up modem or pirated Wi-Fi:<BR><BR>?It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers!”<BR><br>?What I Would Be Thinking About if I Were Billy Joel Driving Toward a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be a Piano”<BR><br>?I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled”<br><BR>?Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)”<BR><br>?In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ Wi-Fi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero”<BR><br>?I’m Comic Sans, Asshole!"<BR><br>?On the Implausibility of the Death Star’s Trash Compactor”</DIV>