I have coped without Mudcat for weeks by going to Trinidad or Cuba and doing without computers entirely. And it did me a world of good, I can tell you! I hope to do it again in awhile. Internet addiction is a nasty, nasty business, and I could kick myself for the time I have WASTED on it. Feh! (I'm not kidding.)

It's just too damned easy, that's the problem. Same as most addictions. The road to perdition is paved with convenient distractions.