Things have been a bit dank around here lately. I saw this post and thought it would make a great Thursday Thirteen. (I stole some of his ideas and added some of my own.) Please add your favorites and I’ll put them in the post! 
Thursday Thirteen #36 – 13 on-line things to do to unwind
1. Exciting ways to fold U.S. Money!
Revealing hidden messages? Secret predictions? Who knows? Fold Dollars into amazing illusions.
2. Convert your English into Pig Latin!
The Dialectizer to the rescue of all authors and bored people. Amoose yo’seff fo’ hours! (Redneck)
3. Predict your future!
This site is scary accurate. I was dorking around one day and asked about the plot of my first book (the Fey). The tarot reading was absolutely spot on. Scared the crap out of me!
4. Doing acid? Wish you were doing acid?
Crazy Images is for you! Put your feet up and relax to the weirdness.
5. Feeling a bit skanky? Maybe a makeover is in order!
This site allows you to upload your own picture then change the hair color, add make up. This is awfully fun using your last boyfriend or your sister’s photo. I’d show you but…. 
6. Of course there’s always Good Reads.
This site allows you to review books. There are also a lot of authors on Good Reads. You can interact and learn more about the author. (I’m there at ClaudiaHallChristian – I’ll be friend you if you befriend me!)
7. Want to talk like a Brit?
Admit it, you think British people are cool because they sound so cool. Don’t be a stupid American with your “sorry” and “pint of lager” find out how they really talk! Here’s a great dictionary to while away your hours…. (I use it for words when I’m working with British people and Nicholas is on vacation.)
8. Be shocked and amazed!
The Cave of Magic will control your mind with wicked card tricks. You don’t have to play mind games with your spouse or your boss. Play them right here!
9. IM with strangers!
It’s Cajun Vegan‘s fault. She has me completely hooked on Plurk. If you twitter, plurk is better. It’s easier to read. You meet people and find out about their lives. While there’s some of the Myspace nonsense (“you are deleted from my top friends!”), overall, I’ve had a great experience there. (My first day someone told me I was old and uncool – shrugging – I am old and I haven’t cared about cool in a long time so….) If you plurk here’s my link.
10. Determine your IChing without any boring details!
The I Ching is a complicated system of Tao. Who cares? With this site, you can get a great reading about your situation without all those pesky details. Try it! (They also have Runes but come on? The I Ching is science while the Runes are creepy rocks!)
11. Vent your frustrations with an on-line food fight!
Why waste that expensive food when you can just cyber food fight. This site is the answer to your food fight woes. No clean up! No waste! Frustrations vented! How can you go wrong??
12. Real blog quizes about what YOU want to know!
Come on, you don’t really care about your crushes do you? You want to know what your blog is rated. (G here! Short sentences rule!) This site gives you all the dope on what you want to know.
13. Now it’s your turn – what do you do on-line when you need to unwind?
- LoopyKd – I like to play Flight of the Hampster or Puzzle Farter at Dig Your Own Grave.com.
- Susan Helen Gottfried – I catch up on my reader to unwind?
- Ornery’s wife – I am web surfing, it is usually looking for recipes or reading blogs. I also love stumble?could spend many hours with that!
- Tommie – I am web surfing, it is usually looking for recipes or reading blogs. I also love stumble?could spend many hours with that!
- The Gal Herself – My favorite online timekiller is playing game after game on Pogo.
- Pamela Kramer – I actually will take a silly quiz!
- Adelle Lauden – I?ve taken to playing scrabble online, I love learning new words
- Forgetfulone – My mindless fun is playing games on candystand.com.
- Grace at Sandier Pastures – I type away my boredom in this site: http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com
- TWMark – I now consistently beat Pebble Beach at POGO
- Tempest Knight – One of my favorite places to unwind is Llewellyn.com. I love throwing the cards.
- She -I pop bubble wrap.
- Heart in San Francisco -I sometimes track old friends on the various people-finding organs, even if I have no intention of contacting them. Or I look up stuff, play on eBay, or read blogs.
- CelticLibrarian – When I?m online and need to unwind I just go over to Facebook and play Text Twirl or surf YouTube.com
- Shaunesay – I have to admit I get sucked into Neopets for a lot longer than I really intend to a lot of the time
- Julia – My online chilling is basically visiting other bloggers and watching my own YouTube playlists. As in the playlists I?ve put together of other people?s videos. And searching for new videos to add to my playlists. Very relaxing.
- Colleen at Loose Leaf Notes – Here is my most favorite fun blog site. Click mouse to change colors: http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
Happy TT!
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Awesome fun! Not sure I need to know my future. I’d never leave the house … ‘cept to do laundry.
By the way, my blog is rated PG-13.
Great sites. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to explore them all!
Cool. An online food fight. I just went to the site and did it.
I like to play Flight of the Hampster or Puzzle Farter at Dig Your Own Grave.com.
what a fun TT. I love it. I’m always looking for neat sites to look at. Thanks for the suggestions.
I’m lame. I catch up on my reader to unwind…
well, I don’t usually need to unwind, since I am generally pretty loose anyway! However, if I am web surfing, it is usually looking for recipes or reading blogs. I also love stumble…could spend many hours with that!
TM
Great list. I”m going to have to come back later to check them all out.
That tarot one was freaky. I had my palm read in New Orleans once along time ago (I was 21 or so)….I have never done anything like that since because it scared me so much. So, I thought what can an online card reading do….Yep, it freaked me out. I guess it will be another twenty years before I do something like that.
I look at recipes on Cooking Light. Or lately I have been looking at decorating websites. I will have a couple more rooms in the new house….(countdown is less than ten days until I am in my new home!!!!!)
Loved the tarot! And after I post this, I am going to go speak British. Thanks for sharing these (and thanks for visiting my TT). My favorite online timekiller is playing game after game on Pogo.
Claudia, you made my day. These are fun.
How do you search for people by their user names on GoodReads?
I actually will take a silly quiz! Happy TT. Thanks for all the great tips.
I’ve taken to playing scrabble online, I love learning new words,. Happy T13!
Okay, I could waste a whole heckuva lotta time with this list.
And have tons of fun doing it!
What a great list, Claudia!
Oh, how could you? I have been spending so much time looking at these sites I forgot to leave a comment! These are great! The Tarot card sit was scary in the way I see parallels to a situation I have now. The makeover site is great, mindless fun! And the quizzes are great fun, too. My mindless fun is playing games on candystand.com. These are way cooler!
Loved your TT!
I tried #3 but I didnt understand how to read it. Hmmmmm, I guess I need to go to a professional:) Happy TT my friend.
What’s it like to unwind?
SJR
The Pink Flamingo
I type away my boredom in this site: http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com
Great site recommendations, Claudia. The tarot reading was spot on for me too. It’s a little scary.
This is a cool list. I think I’m going to run over and check out #3. I could use some good news about my future.
And just when I thought I was getting my internet time under control… you cyber-temptress you. Great site suggestions!
Yep, I did it. I now consistently beat Pebble Beach at POGO.
The I-Ching was very cool
Ooooh! I’ll have to check these out during my break. Hehehe! One of my favorite places to unwind is Llewellyn.com. I love throwing the cards.
Wow – there is a lot of stuff out there. Have to check it out as I really do not play on-line unless I’m researching something, shopping or blogging
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My son would love the money folding site. He likes doing things like that.
Great list. Can’t find you on goodreads though. Find me. I’m Journeywoman.
i pop bubble wrap
http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml
ps. i’m stealing some of these ideas for the day of blogs! http://www.dayofblogs.org
I love Good Reads! And, a make over would be fun to try if you weren’t stuck with the answer until your hair grew out. (That’s happened too often to be funny over here.
I sometimes track old friends on the various people-finding organs, even if I have no intention of contacting them.
Or I look up stuff, play on eBay, or read blogs.
I never thought I would like Twitter or Plurk, but I am clearly obsessed. I’ll take full credit for your addiction if I must.
I am going to share some of my other ones on a future TT (if you don’t mind).
I hardly have time to blog. But when I do have time I’m going to check some the these out. They sound fun. Happy TT
Allll unwound now, thanks!
Acid trips and virtual food fights?
There goes my productivity…
When I’m online and need to unwind I just go over to Facebook and play Text Twirl.
I’m really exciting like that.
(Okay. I also surf YouTube.)
I have to admit I get sucked into Neopets for a lot longer than I really intend to a lot of the time!
Fun list, I am already on goodreads!
I hightailed it over to the I Ching site – thanks for that link. I’m now very encouraged.
My online chilling is basically visiting other bloggers and watching my own YouTube playlists. As in the playlists I’ve put together of other people’s videos. And searching for new videos to add to my playlists. Very relaxing.
If I miss my next deadline, I’m blaming you!
How did I miss this on Thursday. Then I got lost in the fractals. Here is my most favorite fun blog site. Click mouse to change colors: http://www.jacksonpollock.org/