Somewhere between the online tutorial about rock star poses and a study on the mind-ray-blocking properties of tin foil hats, the computer alerted me to the message in my inbox.
Where, my editor wanted to know, was that year-end column on the internet's increasing potential for distraction that I had promised him last week? The irony was not lost on either of us. I unplugged to scribble out my column in longhand.
