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October 18, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
Blogging May Be Bad For Your Health
The Stanford University medical school yesterday released a study that pajama-clad bloggers undoubtedly will appreciate.
Based on a telephone survey, the researchers found that more than one in eight Americans admit to some sort of "problematic Internet use." Some people even visit their doctors as a result.
Lead author Elias Aboujaoude listed the impulse to "make blog entries" among the compulsions, and he said such drives are "not unlike what sufferers of substance abuse or impulse-control disorders experience: a repetitive, intrusive and irresistible urge to perform an act that may be pleasurable in the moment but that can lead to significant problems on the personal and professional levels."
"Repetitive, intrusive and irresistible urge" -- yep, that sounds like my symptoms. And save for the "single" part, I fit into all of these categories, at least until I hit 40 in a few weeks: "single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use."
I wonder: Do they have an anti-blogotic yet?
P.S. Please don't tell my wife about this blog entry. She has been trying to get me to quit cold turkey.
Posted by Danny | 03:52 PM
