Time suck on the Intertubes

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I spend most of the time I allocate to random intertube browsing on AW. But, a few other sites are also up there on the list - the anonymous forum on UrbanBaby is highly addictive, followed by Wikipedia, followed by slashdot, followed by TalkingPointsMemo, followed by xkcd, followed by PennyArcade, and followed by an assortment of baseball blogs (especially during this time of the year).

So, where else, besides AW, do you regularly waste spend time online?
 

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Lately it's just been here and my e-mail which has been unusually busy. It gives me something to do while I wait....and wait....and wait for the school buses to come and remove the ever growing herd of noisy elephants and take them to school. Only one more to go today. That leaves me about 15 more minutes of reading old posts.
 
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AW is the only site I visit with any regularity.

I read newspapers online, but...this is the only forum I take an active part in. I also blog, but that's about it.
 

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I read a true crime forum some days, and always a lot of news articles. But there isn't enough time for everything :)
 

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Sleepsheep, stop listing places! Seriously, I'll wanna go check them out and seeings as I have no willpower when it comes to mindless surfing on the net, I can't afford to lose any more hours of my life! :D
 

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Oh and here, youtube, msn, boards.ie's Ranting and Raving forum and cracked.com. I'm sure there's a few others I'm forgetting...

Ooh, tv streaming sites and music streaming ones... I'm so unproductive.:(
 

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I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but I spend time at Yahoo Answers Books and Authors board every day--although I refuse to help teenagers who clearly didn't do the assigned reading.

Maryn, who touts AW there, among other things
 

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ICC (Internet Chess Club) used to be my AW. I used to spend HOURS playing chess and chatting with other dorks. It was so unproductive. I've weaned myself off of that. At least with AW, I rationalize it as a tool to help me improve my writing (it also helped me get an agent).
 
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Oh and here, youtube, msn, boards.ie's Ranting and Raving forum and cracked.com. I'm sure there's a few others I'm forgetting...

Ooh, tv streaming sites and music streaming ones... I'm so unproductive.:(
Podge and Rodge on YouTube...
 

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I moderate a couple messageboards (SkyscraperPage mainly), post on some other messageboards and the sort. Yeah, I'm a forum monger.
 

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I read quite a few blogs (300 or so) on a semi-regular basis. Good thing I'm a fast reader, eh? Most are industry blogs with a few news, fitness, and cooking blogs tossed in.

I'm particularly fond of Dark Roasted Blend, which always has quirky links and photos of seriously cool stuff. It's provided me with many nuggets of inspiration.
 
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i totally thought this thread was going to be about qw sucking on some sort of tubes.
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There's other places besides AW to post?


I never knew. Who has that kind of time? You's should be ashamed!


AW has been my own personal space to play, grow and learn. I'm loyal only to AW.


I share it with no one!
 

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You dork, you're sharing it with me!
 

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Terra Forma, several Livejournal writing comms, StringingWords and the sinkhole that is Facebook (I know, I know).