I'm entering a busy time of writing projects and school visits and decided that I needed to step up the level of self-discipline by way of an external tool.  In other words, I am weak.

Enter "StayFocusd",  a free app for Google Chrome.  You can set how much time to allow at each of your usual internet haunts, and once your time is up, you're blocked for the rest of the day.  The screen that flashes if you attempt to visit said site--let's just use the New York Times for example, contains the large, unnerving question, "SHOULDN'T YOU BE WORKING??"