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Thread poster: Nesrin
Alexandra Speirs
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anything other than work May 29, 2008

BBC, British newspapers, French on-line games and forums (the excuse is I'm keeping up my French), Proz, and Italian newspaper La Repubblica for the Sudoku, the best one I've found so far ....
 
Rebecca Garber
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games May 29, 2008

I'm a sucker for brain teasers, and there are sooooo many out there.

And then there's freerice.com
Get the vocabulary question correct, and they donate rice to various aid organizations.
Totally addictive, and for a good cause, and it increases your English vocabulary, and, ok, I ran out of justifications. But it's fun.

[Edited at 2008-05-29 14:57]
 
Elizabeth Adams
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Ravelry! May 29, 2008

Ooh, me too! I love looking at all the great pictures! I'm EAdams.
 
Celia Recarey
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Zillions May 29, 2008

I am afraid my capacity for procrastination has no limits, but here are some of my favourite sites:

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/... See more
I am afraid my capacity for procrastination has no limits, but here are some of my favourite sites:

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
http://englishfail.wordpress.com/
http://literaryrejectionsondisplay.blogspot.com
http://www.foundmagazine.com/


Oh, and this is literally one of my favourite youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilvy7Ob6fZ0 ▲ Collapse
 
Jennifer Forbes
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In memoriam
Keep procrastinating! May 29, 2008

Vittorina Klingbeil wrote:

I admit it, I look at EVERYTHING, at most of the sites many people have already mentioned (YouTube, Wikipedia, various online newspapers), plus gossip columns (DailyMail, PerezHilton), and 5 or 6 BLOGS (does no-one else look at these? I also follow my favourite rock bands' website ramblings. And since I recently moved from South African to temporarily-Germany, I spend a lot of time investigating just about everything on the net. I still manage to work full-time (internet based), translate part-time, and look after my kids and house (part-time?).

I think this the the geography game mentioned by Nesrin:
http://www.lufthansa-usa.com/useugame2007/html/play.html
I too have spent happy time playing it. At least it's educational ...



A friend once sent me a postcard I love. It shows several marching protesters carrying banners, as follows:

WHAT DO WE WANT?
PROCRASTINATION!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NEXT WEEK!

Love,
Jenny
 
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