Just for the record I fixed my problem. Anyone who followed the advice in this post

As a workaround, I've added www.bdsmlibrary.com to my system's HOSTS file (a text file, /etc/hosts on Unix and Mac OS X systems, system32\drivers\etc\hosts in the Windows directory on Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista machines).

You should see lines like:
127.0.0.1 localhost

Add one for www.bdsmlibrary.com as follows:
208.53.170.232 www.bdsmlibrary.com


Now, your computer can bypass the buggy DNS servers and go directly to the bdsmlibrary server itself, without asking directions. (Downside: if the bdsmlibrary.com server ever moves, you'll need to update or delete that line so your browser finds the new location.)


to fix an earlier problem now needs to delete the line they added...
can't believe it took me so long to figure out lol.