Let’s face it. New Facebook applications have a reputation of being about as reliable as the weather forecast. However, the new Scrabble application is perfect for wasting hours of time waiting for the other person is to make a move, and is a lot less emotionally exhausting than a first date.

You can invite friends to join a game or create a game open to the public. Play can be as fast or as slow as you like, but don’t take up too much of the other person’s time twiddling your thumbs. It’s rude.

If Scrabble is too closely linked to school work of any kind, try fmylife.com. This Web site allows you to post all of those lovely little “FML” moments we all seem to experience daily. Plus, if you are in need of a quick fix ego boost before you trudge off to class, read some of the other posts on this site. If comparing your life to a kid who was pulled over by his police officer father and was promptly taken to jail following a Breathalyzer doesn’t brighten your day, I don’t know what will.

If reading words of any kind makes you cringe at this point, try looking at some delightfully inappropriate pictures instead. No, I don’t mean some virus carrying, less-than-legal Limewire download your mother would be ashamed of. Instead of all that, check out tshirthell.com. A Web site sure to bring under your breath chuckles and some laugh out loud moments you can bring with you on your back to the bar, tshirthell.com sells a variety of t-shirts with absolutely no bring-home-to-meet-your-mama charm.