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As a many of you know, I have a boring customer service job with lots of down time. The IT dept. has made some pretty major restrictions over the last nine months, which is understandable. So I am always looking for ways to fill the downtime. When I started this job, almost 2 years ago, I spent the majority of my time on Pogo.com playing games. I used to be a Pogo addict. Then for awhile I got in to the SAHM sales games. See how many internet based small companies you can sell from. I think that lasted about 3 months. I had 8 different affiliations for stuffed animals, bath & body products, dog treats, candles, Watkins & it all started with Tupperware. That's how I got introduced to chats. Now the IT guys have them blocked.

Last summer I started scrapping. I had a trial copy of PSE5 on my work computer and was doing pages in my downtime. Well I guess the downloading of design files is what alerted the IT dept and games that were downloaded were against company policy and could end up in termination. My direct supervisor didn't think that my PSE was included, cuz it wasn't a game, but I wasn't taking any chances. So I took it off.

Now I look for ways to fill that time. I used to spend most of the day on different scraping boards. But it seems that things have slowed somewhat in the community. So I found some other interesting sites. I thought I'd share some of them with you. They are mostly blogs, but not on blogging sites. I can however read blogs again, I just can't leave comments on most of them. So that helps kill some time too.

The new season of Top Chef just started back up two weeks ago. Bravo TV has a great website that includes all their shows, but the only one I really watch is Top Chef. After I've watched the episode, I go to this site Top Chef blogs and read over the opinions of not only the judges, but also chefs from past seasons like Harold, Casey, Dale and a new power ranking from Brian Malarkey. There is also recipes from all the seasons. Great site!!

How I Met Your Mother ~ Barney's Blog is a comedic blast. Have loved this show since the very begining. At first is was hard to see Barney not Doogie Howser, but he changed and grew on me. The blog will make no sense whatsoever if you don't watch the show. But if you do, it's hysterical.

Grey's Anatomy; Grey Matter by the writters, The Emerald City Bar blog by Joe the Bartender & Nurses Station blog by Nurse Debbie. Another great way to kill an hour or so. Or catch up on what you've missed or forgotten since the writter's strike started. With new episodes starting back up in a month, this is great place. I really like the writter's blog, often explains what's going on in their mind as they were writting the show.

LOST is my number one favorite obsession. Have loved it since day one. Have a million questions that still haven't been answered. As a matter of fact, I've found that I've forgotten a lot of my questions. This is a wikipedia page. Gives basic info on the show and lists episode recaps from all 4 of the seasons. I've started back with season 1 and reliving my love of LOST.

What are some of your non scrapping sites that you love to visit. Share a good one with me, if I fall in love with a site, I'll share a little lovin with you in the form of a GC. Just leave me the site addy in comments.

Well, it's getting closer to that never popular time of leaving for work. And as always it's later than I thought. Have a good day all!