The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

Contributed by Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff and Insights

Give yourself time away from your computer. When you are done reading this article, please turn your computer off and go play the new XBox 360 you got for Christmas, with your loved ones.

Spend time away from the Internet.

Do you remember back to the olden days, circa 1993, when none of your friends had the Internet, or AOL? What did you do for Christmas?

I'm guessing you didn't read BBS bulletin boards, send text messages on your 2 kilogram cell phone, or download 1 megabyte emails with elves bowling using your gosh-awful-slow 2400 Baud modem.

"Away from your computer time", is what holidays are good for these days.

If you can't remember the last time you went 2 days without reading your email, or using your cell phone, you need a holiday intervention. There's only one cure, and that's cold turkey. Err, I mean a hot turkey dinner, and quitting your electronic habits cold turkey for the holidays.

Your family will be glad to have you return to the real world with them, and you can tell your friends that you'll be unavailable. They'll be so envious because they won't know what you're doing, where you are, or what cute animal you are most like.

Better still, you won't get the urge to answer your ringing cell phone, while you are on the toilet, because your phone will be turned off. Think about it, do you really want your phone suddenly playing, "Mission Impossible", or the "Jeopardy theme" while nature calls?

This article contributed by Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff and Insights