Gee, this sounds scarily familiar....not that I have experienced anything like the kind of health problems these bloggers seem to to have incurred from the insane 24-7 lifestyle. But I too have been sucked in many, many times by the obsessiveness of it--and then stepped back and found myself wondering if that obsessiveness was entirely healthly.
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Denyse O'Leary â I call her D'OhLeary for short â quotes John Templeton making the ontological argument for God:
A bit unusually for me, I'm reviewing a novel as part of my Reading Diary series.
I'm trying to move posts from the old site that I plan on linking to in the future. Believe it or not, this will have something to do with microbiology. From the archives of the Mad Biologist (originally published May 28, 2006):
Chris,
Overblogging really seems like it could be hazardous to your health. My little exposure with it makes me want to pull out a pocket knife to sharpen a stick. Some over-inflated egos deserve to be deflated.
Take a break. Walk in the woods. Watch a sunrise or sunset.
Cal
This is funny:
http://xkcd.com/386/
And I agree with what Kevin Drum wrote a while back, that your brain needs sustained activity to avoid text-snippet-induced ADHD:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_11/007650.php
Jon Winsor,
*snuuuuuuuurk guffaw* I love that cartoon.
Chris,
I finally had to sit down and decide how much time I was willing to spend online daily, which I equate (in terms of productivity) with watching TV.
Then I set a timer.