Blocking specific webpages on Safari

Dear Forum,
Is their a way to use parental controls to block specific webpages? Rather than configuring a booksmarks list, which works on a principle of inclusion, I'd like to just specifically block (exclude) certain pages. IE: some of the chat pages (Livejournal, MySpace) seem to be a bit too much of a temptation for my family, so we'd like to just block them altogether.
I know workplaces do this kind of things -- but I reckon that involves configuring network IP accessing? Kinda beyond my abilities.
I'd like just to jam those sites. Sounds draconian, maybe, but it's kinda killin' productivity round here.
Thanks for your suggestions.
-Sean Somers

Thank you so much for that helpful link. I had tried experimenting with plugins, but none of them worked (or perhaps I should say -- I couldn't get them to work.)
This was a very easy and effective solution. Have to thank the author of that little tutorial . . .
Just a note: I had to drag the host file onto my desktop before the system would allow me to alter its contents (even though I am logged in as admin). I was able to then move back, through a password, the file to the /etc/
directory.
Now I think I might try something tricky by looping the myspace address to head over to somewhere educational . . .
Thanks again.
-Sean Somers

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