I'm still happily reeling (haha, get it? reeling?) from yesterday's way to waste time. I've listened to Fun's "We Are Young" about forty times. (Okay, really it was just six. Or seven.) And "Re: Your Brains" is also amusing the crap out of me. But on to today's way to waste time.
Today's way to waste time is reading instructions. But not just ANY instructions. It's reading instructions over at
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Features include things like project of the day, contests, and featured authors. You can check out the most popular articles (like
How to make a torch or
Easy Build Heavy Duty Slingshot, neither of which I'd recommend for teenage boys...especially mine. Thing 1 and Thing 2, if you're reading this then it's time to TURN OFF THE COMPUTER, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I SAID SO, END OF DISCUSSION!) Ahem. Where was I?
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