Emily Mascolo: Sites to Waste Time On

Now that I have quit the teaching business and gotten a considerably more boring but much more lucrative desk job, I find myself with an abundance of downtime throughout the course of my day.  And what do I do with that downtime, you might ask?  Well, allow me to tell you.  I spend time looking for ridiculous things on the internet.  And now, dear readers, I will share a few of my favorites with you, so that you too may waste your time in ever more entertaining ways. 

1. www.thereifixedit.com.  This site is a photo blog all about the ingenious ways that people have to fix their broken stuff.  People fix their stuff and then post pictures of the things they did.  My personal favorite is the bed that’s been propped up with a car jack to make it higher off the floor.  As crazy as some of these ideas are, you can’t argue that people can get creative in a pinch.
2. www.textsfromlastnight.com.  On this site people post bits of text conversations they have with each other.  All that you get is an area code and a sentence or two.  The point is that the statements are out of context, which makes them extra hilarious.  This is not all that safe for work, but it really is a can’t miss.
3. www.peopleofwalmart.com.  Human beings have no idea how they appear to others.  And apparently, the people who shop at Wal-Mart are more clueless than most.  This is a photo blog of exactly what you’d think.  The people who shop at Wal-Mart, and occasionally their cars/bikes/various other transportation.  It’s disturbing in the way only rednecks can be.
4.  www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com.  Another photo blog, this time of family portraits gone horribly awry.  Big hair, bad sweaters, and unfortunate poses abound.  It makes me grateful I was never forced to be involved in a family portrait, awkward or otherwise.
5. www.happiestpeopleever.tumblr.com. Pictures of people looking miserable during occasions that are supposed to be wondrous and magical.  The faces on some of these people are beyond funny.
6. www.laserportraits.net.  This site is an homage to that staple of 80’s and early 90’s school portraits…the laser background.  The background itself isn’t really that important, it’s the pictures themselves.  It’s a catalog of all the bad hair and clothes that go with that particular time period.
7. www.cuteoverload.com.  For those days where you just can’t get enough of the warm and fuzzies, this site is full of tiny baby animals and other adorable things to make your heart smile.

I have many, many other sites I love and waste time one, but to list them all would take pages and pages.  I have a lot of time to waste these days.  So go check these out and enjoy the laughs they bring you.  I know I always do.