Yowie wrote:
There is Usenet, and there is Real Life.

Sometimes I am stupid and ignore Joel and/or tell the Yowlet to go
away and/or push a kitty away because I am typing a Very Important
Post to here (or elsewhere on usenet) and don't want to be
interrupted. By doing so, I am implying that usenet is more important
in my life that Joel, Cary, or the cats.

Its not.

So, this is my challenge.

Go 24 hours without Usenet. Instead, hug your partner. Scritch a
kitty. Ring your parents / siblings / kids and tell them that you
love them. Write - with pen and paper - a letter to a dear friend rather
than
dropping them an e-mail. Go to church/temple/coven. Do that chore
you've been putting off. Make one of the many recipes you've always
promised yoruself you were going to try. Go to the musem, Volunteer
at the shelter. Go to the park and see the kids run around. Maybe run
around yourself and do something daft like you did as a kid. Blow
bubbles, Jump in the puddle, roll down that grassy hill. Just get out
and smell the roses.
Then, when you've had a dose of Reality, have got some perspective on
the *important things* in your life, feel free to come back to
usenet. I can promise you that it hasn't collapsed without your words
of wisdom, in fact I would wager that no-one has really noticed your
absence.
I am starting my challenge as of 2:06pm local time.

See you all later, I'm gonna be enjoying meatspace. Care to join me?

Vicky (not Yowie for 24 hours)

LOL Despite my sometimes prolific postings it's not a terribly difficult
challenge. I didn't miss (or think about) Usenet on the 3 day drive from TN
to SC. I did (mentally) store info about the trip and Persia's hiding
tricks in the hotel rooms to post later

I did think about Usenet some when I was in the hospital for 7 days but only
because hospitals are terribly boring. I wasn't begging the nursing staff
to smuggle in a laptop with wireless

Jill