While searching Yahoo I found this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…

Janga, I agree with every eloquent point you made. I’m also trying not to make so many blog stops—hope you’ll still visit here! *g*

Irish, I was the last in my family to succumb to Internet addiction, but I’ve got it now. My kids made e-pals with people all over the world, and now I’ve done the same.

I’m “back” after the ice storm knocked out our power for two days and the internet for 9. You know, it’s like being in a bubble! On the other hand, I got a lot done with no blog surfing.

As my job’s paperwork is internet driven, it was really inconvenient.

But the Internet is an almost inexhaustible source of information. If I want the latest critical views on a text I am teaching, need to know the kind of wood kitchen cabinets are made of in multi-million dollar homes, or what happened to the California branch of my father’s family, I can find answers online.

And while I do find it disturbing that some people seem to have replaced face-to-face communication with virtual encounters, I love being able almost effortlessly to keep in touch visually and verbally with far-flung family members and friends.

Finally, I love the romance reading and writing communities that I belong to via the Internet. To find intelligent, articulate, witty, warm people who love the books I do has been an immeasurable delight and comfort.

I don’t plan on giving up my addiction anytime soon.

I kind of think it’s a necessity these days. Especially for any parent raising children. You definitely don’t want them knowing their way around a computer or the internet when you don’t. At least that’s how I justify it!

I’m with you guys, though. It could be worse…I could be wasting my time sitting around reading all day. Oh, wait, I do that too! LOL

I do think it’s awesome. I think it brings people together. Improves avenues of communication. And finally it is an unbelievable resource for any type of information you may be looking for. There are, or course, some scary aspects to it (that the DH has drilled into our heads over and over and over again), but thankfully I haven’t encountered any of those *keeping my fingers and toes crossed*. Basically, it’s the future and I don’t want to be left behind.

*waits for the “Hi, Terri” back*

I’m afraid I can’t go without my internet. It’s horrible. I get anxious and I worry about all the emails piling up. What am I missing in the blogs and on the boards? What shall I do?

I won’t even stay in a hotel anymore if it doesn’t have internet. But I figure there are worse things I could do. I’m not internetting and driving, I don’t spend a lot of money on it and I do walk away from time to time to do laundry or feed the child.

So it’s a vice. It’s brought me a world of new friends, a new life in romance writing and taken me places I’ve never been. That can’t be a bad thing. *g*

Ladytink, I power up first thing too, drink my tea and eat my toast as I read newspapers online and visit other sites. My husband leaves for work much earlier than I do, so I’m not guilty that I’m not fixing him breakfast!