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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 3770
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 2:28 pm: |     |
With no offense meant towards the Brothers Ross, I am curious about this:
When you are MOLed out, need a change of scenery, etc., what other online communities do you visit?
I confess that this is my only internet haven. Every once in awhile, I've scanned another site, but the layouts give me headaches. I think Dave & Jaime have spoiled me.... |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 589
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 2:54 pm: | |
greentree you have read my mind. I love MOL, but right now I have been reading the same posts all day (very very slow in my office right now) I am going crazy!! I have been playing weboggle and reading MOL for the past 7 hours! |
Wendyn
Supporter
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1309
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 3:04 pm: | |
- Check real estate (gsmls.com)
- Check news (myyahoo, cnn, usatoday)
- Cooking Light to figure out what is for dinner
- The Onion on Wednesdays
- petfinder.org on occasion even though no way am I getting another dog
- Launchcast is up most of the time streaming music
- Sometimes online window shopping at Gap, Old Navy, JCrew, Bluefly, etc.
- Amazon where I buy something almost weekly
- Used to go to MSH online until it went down 
And occasionally I do some work too.
Used to go to Weight Watchers bulletin board but found it was frequented by a bunch of whiners (oh nooo I ate too much today what should I doooo) and enablers (it's ok, just do better tomorrow). One woman once complained about a new doctor telling her that her 7 year old was overweight and HAD to go on a diet. The woman wrote this long post about how offended she was by the dr. I posted that perhaps she should take his advice so her daughter didn't end up with the same weight problems that we all had. I mean, if a 7 year old is overweight, is it her fault? She's not the one who buys or prepares the food is she? I was called a b*tch by basically everyone on the site. That's when I stopped going there.
MOL Rocks! |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 1429
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 3:21 pm: | |
fark.com |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5289
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 6:47 pm: | |
I am on the devnull mailing list which mails out various things, notably the HTML of the Day. These are the hottest or coolest web pages that have just been published or discovered.
I am on a few mailing lists for single parents. I'm not a single parent any more, but they keep me on board as an honorary member, because we're friends. Also, many issues of being divorced are still relevant to me.
I'm on a mailing list for current and former Lucent employees. There is no limit to the allowed topics. Lucent is only one topic. It often turns to politics. Sorry to say, folks, the people there are more more incisive than they are here.
I'm on many mailing lists relevant to my profession.
Every day, I read Andrew Tobias's column. I try to read the NY Times editorial page every day. I don't read Dilbert every day, but when I fall behind, I make sure to catch up.
I keep my bookmarks on a web page so I can access it wherever I am: http://whatexit.org/~tommy/bookmarks.html
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 1430
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 7:40 am: | |
Occasional Reading
Dave Barry
Miss Manners
Halfbakery
Maplewood Online forum
The Onion
Sanctuary of the Beloved
Tom, I have a feeling this one is miss categorized . |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 2442
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 2:08 pm: | |
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.nj.com/weblogs/jersey/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/
http://www.gothamist.com/
http://www.buzzmachine.com/
http://anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com/
http://www.wonkette.com/
http://forums.egullet.org/
http://www.danspapers.com/
http://www.easthamptonstar.com/
http://www.southernocean.com/news/tb.html
http://www.loc.gov/
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.davebarry.com/ |
Derek
Citizen
Username: Derek
Post Number: 146
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 9:04 pm: | |
etopps.com's message board |
Mustt_mustt
Citizen
Username: Mustt_mustt
Post Number: 244
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 10:38 pm: | |
Tom,
What do you mean when you say that folks at Lucent are more "incisive" than the ones on MOL? I am genuinely curious. |
ML
Supporter
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 2223
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 12:21 am: | |
http://www.salon.com
http://www.thismodernworld.com
http://www.bushwatch.com
http://www.greasylake.org |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5301
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 4:26 pm: | |
Mustt, I guess I just learn more from those folks. They give me more to think about. The political board here is people saying a lot of the same things repeatedly. |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 456
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 11:56 am: | |
Labrador Retriever Forum
http://www.justlabradors.com
# of forums on here
http://www.tektips.com
TiVo Stuff
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/
Bill Evans Weather Message Board
http://forums.go.com/abclocal/WABC/forum?forumID=70&byThread=false |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5346
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 5:30 pm: | |
Here is today's issue of "HTML O' The Day":
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050201/1534232_F.shtml
False Alarm, Connecticut Not Being Evacuated.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050131/3/1vlsd.html
Executives have been asked to spend up to 2 million yen ($19,290),
division chiefs 500,000 yen other employees 200,000 yen on Sanyo
products, which include televisions, regrigerators, mobile phones
and insurance.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-adelphia2feb02,1,1928456.st ory?coll=la-headlines-frontpage
One goal: to increase the seven-minute viewing time historically
clocked by the average person who orders an adult pay-per-view
movie.
http://broken.typepad.com/b/2005/02/for_fun_halstee.html
"Do not shoot nails through any part of your body."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1388123,00.html
"That's yours."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/02/nude.juice.bar.ap/index.html
Citizens Against Nude Juicebars and Pornography
http://erasing.org/i_ate_ipod_shuffle/
Evincing a refined bouquet
Of silicon and Chardonnay.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4220473.stm
They were in fact doodles made by Bill Gates.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1146522.html
"Lim's performance shows the greatness of the Taoist deities in
protecting their devotees from harm," said temple spokesman Goon
Fook Theong.
http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_barton-wright_0200.htm
Stick play.
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