What NON political websites do you visit?

[leftyandproud]

List your top 3

Don't be ashamed. Be honest!


me?

www.g4techtv.com
www.ign.com
www.groups.yahoo.com

[Lucky Luciano]

1. Two primarily

http://myspace.com Tons of hot ladies there and good for networking
http://www.wilmott.com - great for quantitative finance - my field

[jdots]

2. fine-art.com and some wacky sites

disinfo,church of the sub genious,Robert Anton Wilson.....

[KDLarsen]

3. A variety of sites..

www.airliners.net - I'm a planeaholic
http://wow.allakhazam.com - I'm also a Wowaholic (this coming weekend is going to be a blur after playing WoW nonstop for 60 hours - I'm picking it up in 13 hours & 30 minutes, 5 minutes after European release)
www.thottbot.com - another universal World of Warcraft resource I like to use.

[huellewig]

4. mine

www.metafilter.com
www.appleturns.com
www.boingboing.net

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I visit these three frequently

The Animal Rescue Site. I click to feed homeless animals everyday.

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa

Internet Movie Database. Research and rate movies. They also have a message board, but who doesn't?

http://www.imdb.com/

The Food Network. Find recipes.

http://www.foodtv.com/

Not very exciting, but what can I say? I get all the excitement I need from DU!:evilgrin:

[RebelOne]

6. My favorite site (other than DU, of course)

is www.419eater.com. They are dedicated to stopping the Nigerian 419 scammers. And political discussions are not allowed.

[realisticphish]

9. i LOVE 419eaters

i can spend HOURS on that site...

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[AlienGirl]

7. Mostly animal-related ones

http://www.mytoos.com
http://www.parrotchronicles.com

Then there are the funny ones:

http://www.b3ta.com
http://www.somethingawful.com

And of course:

http://www.forteantimes.com

Tucker

[Mojambo]

11. I love Something Awful

Fortean Times is great too.

[Longgrain]

8. I like entertainment related sites.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/takeoverAd.html?http://www.x-entertainment.com/

I also sometimes visit Fark.com, The Straight Dope, and Homestarrunner.

[Mojambo]

10. Here's 3 that I like

Probably not my top 3 but...

http://www.garagepunk.com/forums/
http://www.rotten.com/news/
http://www.cdbaby.com/

[Briarius]

12. Hmm top 3

Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/
Penny-Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/
and uh, one other site that's something I can't share here :evilgrin: so I'll give you my fourth since I'm a weather geek (sorta)

National Weather Service: http://www.srh.noaa.gov

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. erm...hmmmm.....well....

:shrug:

[kick-ass-bob]

14. ESPN page 2.

wral.com/weather to laugh at their predicitions for snow! :D

[Tweed]

45. ESPN Page 2 is hit or miss. Mike Philbrick is a joke

Bill Simmons and Kieran Darcy are good though.

[arwalden]

15. James Randi Educational Foundation

www.randi.org

[MrModerate]

22. I ran afoul of this fellow about 30 years ago . . .

When he tried to debunk some parapsychological work I was observing. He was waaaay pissed he couldn't find the "trick" he was convinced was being played, but that didn't stop him from publishing a spurious report.

A bit of a fart, in my opinion. Is he even still alive?

[arwalden]

30. How Interesting!

Obviously, you know that there's a standing million-dollar reward for anyone (or any group) who can demonstrate paranormal abilities. Was your organization being tested for the million dollar reward? Or was this "pre-testing"?

I'd be interested in reading his "spurious" report. What was the name of the organization... how long ago was this? If you can provide some basic details (that don't invade on your personal privacy) I would like to write to Mr. Randi to see if he can tell me more.

Did you get to meet him personally? Did you go to Florida to be tested, or did he come to your location? What kind of tests were devised? What kind of parapsychologic abilities were being tested? Mind reading? Telekinetic? Spoon bending? Predicting? Projection? Long distance viewing?

[MrModerate]

33. You want more details than I've got after 30 years . . .

But I'll try -- and hope my memory doesn't make me look foolish.

When I was about 18 and living in Denver, I was introduced to Jule Eisenbud, who was working with a fellow called Ted Serios who was, I guess, a telekinetic. While I wasn't anything like a real researcher, I did observe Serios produce images on film in ways that -- short of massive back-of-the-house fraud of which there was no evidence that I could detect -- appeared to be paranormal.

The Randi investigation took place when I wasn't present, and at a point when Serios' talent had almost faded away. Eisenbud reported that paranormal results had been obtained, but not nearly so dramatic as earlier in Serios' career.

Randi, however, maintained (and forgive me, it has been many years since I read this) that he knew how the effect "could" have been produced, and therefore he had successfully debunked it. Eisenbud said, "bunk."

I'm a pure rationalist. This Serios incident is the only time in my life I observed anything I considered remotely paranormal, and it doesn't fit very well with my world view.

But there you have it.

[Joe Power]

36. The Amazing Randi

For a great insight into James Randi read "Billion Dollar Babies" by Bob Greene. The book is about Alice Cooper, but Randi toured with them, and is featured quite a bit.

[arwalden]

40. Thanks... I'll Check It Out.

[Bertha Venation]

16. all but one of the sites I visit are non political

here they are:

http://www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.thehungersite.com
http://www.latimes.com

During baseball season, this one usually replaces the LA Times:

http://anaheim.angels.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=ana

[Midlodemocrat]

17. I visit a lot for work

charitynavigator.org
cbsmarketwatch.com
tray.com
opensecrets.org
guidestar.org
finance.yahoo.com

[leftyandproud]

18. good stuff!

bump!

[MrModerate]

19. Newsy stuff

Salon
CNN
Washpo

[MrModerate]

21. Help -- how do I get rid of a duplicate message?

How embarassing.

[MrModerate]

20. Newsy stuff

Salon
CNN
Washpo

And occasionally Space, Amazon if I want to buy something, etc., etc.

[leftyandproud]

23. bump!

last one for the night

[Arkana]

24. There are a few places I visit regularly other than here...

GameFAQs.com, although I don't like to post there anymore.
FanFiction.net--this place is fun if you like to read.
SomethingAwful.com--they have this thing called "Photoshop Phridays" which is a crackup every week.

[iconoclastic cat]

25. televisionwitoutpity.com's "Lost" forums.

...I think it's a dinosaur.

[leftyandproud]

26. one I forgot

This is actually my home page.

www.download.com

tons of good freebies to download...everything you can possibly think of.

[CatholicEdHead]

27. Well

http://www.fark.com
http://www.vastlane.org

[LynzM]

28. Hrm...

www.tomatonation.com
a private chat board, does that count?
www.ilovebacon.com

[Sterling]

29. What games do you play?

Do you play RTS games?

[leftyandproud]

31. sorry no

I'm afraid to get started on those...I've heard WOW is too addictive. I'll stick with first person shooters online, and everything else on the home consoles (a little of everything...Resident Evil 4...Final Fantasy games...racing games..my favorites)

[movie_girl99]

32. here are the three i visit most aside from DU

chud.com
michaelmoore.com
www.angelikafilmcenter.com

[rbnyc]

34. imdb

www.imdb.com
www.netflix.com
www.pogo.com

[progressoid]

39. I'm a recovering POGO addict

nt

[Tweed]

46. I just gave up POGO Dominoes for Lent

I usually get addicted one month out of the year. I was one week into addiction, so it should be tough.

[guitar man]

35. home recording bbs

The "cave", or their version of the lounge gets politically fierce, but the rest of the site is just music and recording geekery.Yo have to join to enter the cave.

http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/

[progressoid]

37. ummm...

http://www.oddtodd.com
http://www.jesusoftheweek.com/
www.ebay.com

[FuzzySlippers]

38. The New York Times

The Guardian
Epicurious

[Az]

41. Mostly comics

Top three:

www.sinfest.net
www.herdthinners.com
www.ozyandmillie.org

[TyeDye75]

42. Here are my favourites

http://www.golfrewind.com/?

http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/intro.htm

http://www.kontraband.com/index.asp

http://www.privateuniverse.uk.tt/

[Hotdiggitydog]

43. My top 4

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia>
Great site to learn about just about near anything
<http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com>Searching for cool books and CDs
<http://www.cichlid-forum.com/index.php Cichlid-Forum Love Mbuna cichlids [http://search.bikelist.org Bikelist.org> Reading about bicyles and bike touring

[leftyandproud]

44. ok...one FINAL late night weekend bump

different audience...different sites...maybe

[Shredr]

47. Non-political?

I frequent:

Zap2it.com
rottentomatoes.com
imdb.com
smokinggun.com

[Anarcho-Socialist]

48. Wikipedia - looking up random encyclopaedia entries

The Onion
Bit torrent search sites

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

49. Mine

br-linux.org
oglobo.globo.com
slashdot.org