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That's like asking a mother to pick her favorite child! I'll give you a few: Snood, Websudoku, Pink is the New Blog, Cute Overload, and Etiquette Hell.

Entertainment Weekly (ew.com)
Text Twist on Yahoo Games
idontlikeyouinthatway.com
Perez Hilton (perezhilton.com)
Television Without Pity (televisionwithoutpity.com)

There are other things I do on the internet, but those are my biggest time wasters, by far. Gosh, I'm shallow.

Claudia, here I was thinking we'd always be butting heads on the issues and you go and bring up my favorite time waster when I was in law school . . . SNOOD.

If you like Snood (and I love Snood and have even taught my 6 year old to play), you should also try Bubble Shooter. I usually just have to delete the games off my computer or I will waste hours on them.

PinkIsTheNewBlog.com
Oh No They Didn't!
Gawker.com
Consumerist.com
Various shopping sites including our local Craigslist
BBC News

Never been a game-player. My son is addicted to some Penguin Island (?) game online, though. We're actually shutting him off because his school work is suffering. Oy.

MySpace.

Myspace, free chess (!)

http://www.chessanytime.com/playGuest.php

Go Fug Yourself
People.com
Gothamist
Callalille
Dooce

And, of course, some of the wonderful blogs that I've found through xtcian:

Addled Writer
Mike Pepper Fan Club
Inner Banks Thoughts
Annenotations
Red Nose

This blog is the only one I read.
During "work," I look at the usual news sites and the local paper site, but so much is blocked by The Man other than that...esp. EBAY!
But my guilty pleasure is on Mondays when I pull up the NYT Wedding announcements that appeared on Sunday.

A typing game, not for those with carpal tunnel:

http://2addicted.com/words

A good portal: http://www.damnhellasskings.com/

http://northcarolina.rivals.com/

www.wsex.com

www.yeeeah.com

www.drudgereport.com

Thanks to YOU, Ian, Make a Word. I LOVE it!

For you gossip fans, this site offers answers to just about any blind item out there. Truly addictive:

http://artwc.org/Billie/BLINDITEMS/MAIN/MAINPAGEBLINDITEMS.html

I've escaped from the Crimson Room and the Viridian Room...haven't tried the White Room or the Blue Room yet. But these little mystery games will drive you crazy. Luckily, when you've wasted enough time, there is plenty of help out there on the interwebs:

http://www.fasco-csc.com/index_e.php

TV comedy writer/radio announcer Ken Levine (MASH, Frasier, Cheers, etc) has a fascinating blog that I do not let myself miss:

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/

Anything Bill Simmons writes on Espn.com

And of course, Defamer.com, Gawker.com, and Deadspin.com (for the sports fans out there).

I echo my bro here with--ugh--myspace. I'm starting to hate it, a little. If it's just a musical journey it's fine, but I can get lost in vortices of checking out totals strangers' photos and comments. Aaaaaaaaggghh! HATE that.

Hmmm, in a given day, I'll waste time on any combination of these:

Trashy celeb gossip...

www.thesuperficial.com
www.dlisted.com
gofugyourself.typepad.com
bricksandstones.blogspot.com
www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com
www.egotastic.com
www.socialitelife.com
fourfour.typepad.com
galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com

Other crap...

www.theonion.com
www.iwatchstuff.com
www.tvgasm.com (a MUST for hiliarious recaps of some of TV's popular shows)
postsecret.blogspot.com
www.foundmagazine.com
www.overheardinnewyork.com (and the sister sites - www.overheardintheoffice.com, www.overheardatthebeach.com, and www.overheardatcollege.com)

And I find myself on YouTube alot. Has anyone else seen this Post-It note video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_-Nx2CWR4

Ian, you devil!
Another word game to make me totally and completely unfocused and useless into the late night/early morning hours. This one is so much fun, and compatible with MAC!
My husband is going to have to find even more patience to deal with my addiction to wordgames without end!

Sudoku

i must guiltily admit that i am addicted to perezhilton and gofugyourself... i am seeking help. and scruggs, i too looooove the wedding section of the nyt!! my husband chides me mercilessly for it... i am also a fan of food blogs like chocolateandzucchini and amateurgourmet.. speaking of... i will soon have a new site to recommend for time-wasting... my cousin ashley - who you met ian- who is in la ceiba, honduras for 2 years- who is a professional chef--- and i are thinking about collaborating on a food/culture/travel blog... her friend is working on the set up right now. we plan to alternate posts - back and forth from la ceiba to kabul... i will let you know as soon as it goes up.. not sure when, ideally in the next few weeks... yipppeeeee....

GFWD: I guess if anything can bring people together, it's Snood!

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