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April 27, 2006
Gone Surfin'
Because a little procrastination is good for the soul . . .
Nick Hornby once said – and I’m paraphrasing here – that ninety percent of writing is staying off of the Internet.
It’s so true.
I have a terrible habit of interrupting myself while working – sometimes mid-sentence – and surfing over to one of my favorite websites. I check the Drudge Report every day, and the headlines on Google’s main page . . . but my real guilty pleasure is a smattering of blogs that I check out every day without fail. These include:
1. Mighty Goods shopping blog. This is the website where I go to find out about all of the things that I have to have, and just didn’t know it. I love the Tropics table linens (I, too, am pro-pompom), and swooned over the Big Sur dining table.
2. Slave to Target. Because I, too, heart Target. Plus it cracks me up how the author is shameless about using her forum to try and get free stuff out of the mega-store.
3. The Superficial. All your celebrity gossip, served up with a side of snark. This is my newest find, and I’m already hopelessly addicted. (And by the way, what is up with the black bra showing under the white tank top deal, as modeled by the ever-ladylike Heather Locklear on Superficial this morning? I don’t care for it, not one bit. Likewise with the wearing a standard bra under a racer-back tank. Do these women not understand that they make racer-back bras for just that reason, or are they actively going for the skank look? I actually saw a woman in her 60’s at Starbucks yesterday showing off this look! Bad! BAD!!!)
4. Defamer. More celebrity gossip. I've particularly enjoyed their coverage of the birth of the TomKitten.
So, at the risk of finding new and unique ways of procrastinating, what are your favorite online haunts? (Other than the L.C., natch. We know we're your very favoritest of all!)
Posted by Whitney at 9:00 AM | Comments (7)
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I like... Pink is the new Blog and Go Fug Yourself and Postsecret
I also love The Lipstick Chronicles and you guys... and of course the blogs of my friends...
I'm also frequently checking my Netflix queue, to see what surprises may await me at home, my bank account to see if anyone has left me a large sum of cash without my knowledge. I'm sure there are more.
Posted by: laurenjharwood ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 27, 2006 10:47 AM
I just noticed my links don't work. Stupid links of doom. :(
Posted by: laurenjharwood at April 27, 2006 11:09 AM
Bad, Whitney! Now I'm addicted, too! Did you see those rings made from quarters on Mighty Goods? It'd make a great birthday present for Cowboy . . .
Posted by: Eileen at April 27, 2006 11:18 AM
Ah- at long last- more to distract me. Well turn about is fair play. Check out Snarkywood.
Posted by: Eileen at April 27, 2006 4:01 PM
i agree complety with that quote!!! whenever i have to write essays i write and page and go online. i am the queen of procrasiantion! so i check this site daily along, and i am myspace.com to much!
Posted by: brittney at April 27, 2006 9:58 PM
Two blogs I am currently following are Fatmanwalking dot com - the guy who is walking from the West to East coast and losing a lot of weight - and WanderingScribe dot com - a British woman who lost her job/home and is living in her car.
Posted by: Michelle C at April 28, 2006 10:22 AM
I am in love with Bloggingbaby.com. Reading about other people's parenting woes and then stupid people around the world makes me feel like a better mom! (Now is THAT snarky, or what??)
Posted by: Lauren at May 3, 2006 11:49 AM
