People accuse me of wasting a lot of time on the Internet, and I plead guilty. I\u2019ve still managed to remain marginally functional, but I sneak a lot of web surfing into the cracks in the day. Most of my time is spent in front of a computer screen anyway, so it\u2019s not that hard to do.<\/p>\n
And, believe it or not, this isn\u2019t the only place I hang out on this here InterWeb thingee. Just in case you want to join me in my quest for irrelevance, I now provide you with the links I have at the top of my Safari toolbar. Use them wisely. Or not.<\/p>\n
These are the bookmarks from left to right, and, since the most recent ones are on the left, the bookmarks go from newest to oldest. I\u2019ll even include the identifying codes I use, unless the names need to be changed to protect the innocent.<\/p>\n
#1 – FB –<\/span><\/a> It\u2019s just in the past few days that a friend of mine from college has gotten me hooked on Facebook, which is an upscale, more private MySpace for grown-ups. I accidentally ran into a few people from my childhood \u2013 including the brother of a Korean guy who my sister was once planning on marrying. (Initials J-SK, family. Brother of B-SK.) It\u2019s kind of fun; it\u2019s easy; and it lets me throw a sheep at people for no particular reason with the SuperPoke function.<\/p>\n #2 – Blog – <\/span><\/a> That\u2019s where I find the Bookmark for this blog. I can go from here to my dashboard, where I can edit posts, delete comments, and wonder why the heck Blogger software is so buggy.<\/p>\n #3 – GA and #4 – GAW. These are work bookmarks, one for Google Analytics and one for Google Adwords. I can see how many people have visited the Kauai websites and change ads and such. I can also see who\u2019s visiting this blog, which is getting around 100 unique visits a day from all over the world. A lot come from Utah, a lot from California, and, surprisingly, a bunch come from Massachusetts. I also get a bunch from Chicago Ridge, Illinois. Languatron, is that you?<\/p>\n #5 \u2013 NRO<\/a> \u2013 National Review Online, the best conservative website out there. The Corner<\/a> has been called the \u201cwater cooler for conservatives.\u201d It\u2019s an especially good place to hang out on election nights, because all the writers there get the inside scoop on all the results as they come in.<\/p>\n #6 <\/a>\u2013 This is the MySpace page of a guy I\u2019ve referred to on this site as My Esteemed Colleague in posts about crank calling<\/a> and Landrum hatred.<\/a><\/p>\n It is, shall we say, unique.<\/p>\n My boring communist post<\/a> was a response to one of his blog entries. He doesn\u2019t update the page as often as I\u2019d like, but I find he\u2019s always worth reading. The only problem is that the page, upon your arrival, plays a soundbite mixing The A-Team<\/span> and Star Wars<\/span>, so if you visit this page when people are around, make sure you turn down the sound.<\/p>\n #7 \u2013 frak <\/a>\u2013 This is the homepage of Frakheads.com, the only place where Languatron consistently posts on the Internet anymore. I\u2019ve lost interest, but I haven\u2019t removed the link from my toolbar, so perhaps the day will come when I engage him in battle yet again.<\/p>\n #8 \u2013 Skiffy <\/a>\u2013 This is the home page of the SciFi Channel Battlestar Galactica forum. I used to be quite the regular over there, but I rarely visit. I haven\u2019t bothered to remove this one from my browser, either.<\/p>\n #9 \u2013 CA <\/a>\u2013 The Cylon Alliance, the finest geek bulletin board this side of the Pecos. (Actually, since the people who run the board are from all over the world, I\u2019m not sure which side of the Pecos they\u2019re on.) I\u2019m a sporadic participant over there, but I read what\u2019s going on pretty regularly. #11 \u2013 L.com<\/a> \u2013 This is a link to the Lucianne.com News Forum homepage. All the news stories of the day are posted by readers, who can then comment on the substance of them. I\u2019ve commented occasionally, but not often. It\u2019s a great place to see what stories are hot at the moment.<\/p>\n #12 \u2013 Cinescape<\/a> \u2013 The Cinescape.com website is dead, but even though I\u2019ve changed the link of the bookmark to point to the new site at mania.com, I can\u2019t be bothered to change the actual name of the link. It\u2019s a great place for movie info and gossip.<\/p>\n #13 \u2013 AICN<\/a> \u2013 Ain\u2019t It Cool News, THE place for movie news and rumors. I once got my fake review of Superman Returns<\/a> published there before I\u2019d actually seen the movie. The review was credited to Languatron\u2019s Bane.<\/p>\n #14 \u2013 RCP <\/a>\u2013 RealClearPolitics.com, which lists all the news stories of the day in much the same way Lucianne.com does, only you can\u2019t comment on it. The cool thing about this site is that you can see all the latest polls, and the RCP average of all the polls, which gives you the best sense of where the presidential race is going.<\/p>\n #15 \u2013 T&S <\/a>\u2013 TimesandSeasons.org, a group blog on Mormon stuff that was co-founded by my brother-in-law. It bills itself as \u201cquite possibly the most symphonic, yet madcap, onymous Mormon group blog in history.\u201d Quite possibly? I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any question.<\/p>\n #16 \u2013 My online banking site. No more information about said site will be offered here.<\/p>\n #17 \u2013 MMW <\/a>\u2013 MormonMommyWars.com. I\u2019m not a Mormon Mommy, but I know a bunch of them who post over there, so I look in on occasion. It always makes me feel like I\u2019m eavesdropping on private girlie talk, but that\u2019s not as fun as it sounds, because, apparently, girls in private talk about dirty diapers, diets, and dishes.<\/p>\n #18 \u2013 Blab \u2013 This is a private family bulletin board run by my siblings, most of whom post more often here than they do there.<\/p>\n #19 \u2013 OSC <\/a>\u2013 This is Hatrack.com, the official website of Mormon author Orson Scott Card. He has a weekly column called Uncle Orson Reviews Absolutely Everything that is always worth reading. He also has a political column that\u2019s updated less frequently, but it\u2019s always spot on in its analysis. (He\u00a0protests\u00a0that he\u2019s still a Democrat, but he\u2019s less and less convincing as time goes on.) #21 \u2013 drudge<\/a> \u2013 The Drudge Report. It\u2019s also my home page.<\/p>\n That\u2019s it. 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#10 \u2013 Rush<\/a> \u2013 Yes, that\u2019s right. I have a link to the RushLimbaugh.com website on my browser. And I use it, too. It\u2019s really good. It\u2019s updated daily, and it organizes his entire three-hour show into easily digestible tidbits so you can ignore the stuff that doesn\u2019t interest you.<\/p>\n
#20 \u2013 Moist <\/a>\u2013 The link to Stallion Cornell\u2019s Moist Board, a strange little bulletin board I started a few years ago that has taken on a life of its own. I\u2019ve been called an Absentee Landlord over there, which is probably accurate, but I still like to go mix it up with everyone every once in awhile.<\/p>\n