Oh yeah baby!
about:blank here too, though usually I start my browsing at FARK.com or As the Apple Turns. That way when I open new windows and start to type addresses it doesn’t overwrite them with whatever it wants to put up.
I use my school’s information homepage, http://www.rpi.edu/rpinfo
I like to keep up to date in things going on at my school.
google, since my first step is almost always a search.