I tried Facebook for a couple of months and realized that if I'd wanted to stay in touch, I would have. But I have to plead guilty to the internet addict thing. Right now it's my TV, my stereo, and in this little town, my only view out into the world. And the article rings true to me; this has definitely reduced my attention span. I'll go watch twenty minutes of a movie, play a game for ten minutes, come here and catch up, watch another twenty minutes of a movie (maybe the same one, maybe not) and then suddenly it's time to go to bed and I haven't cracked a book or even washed the dishes. Not good.