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Mouse-Potatoes Unite!

Do YOU spent 5+ hours online or gaming? You might be a... mouse-potato. Our digital culture has given rise to Internet lingo. Enter the mouse potato. I think I have found myself with a twist... because I'm not particularly overweight (although I have put on some weight of recent...) nor am I a habitual snacker. A mouse potato is the computer equivalent of television's couch potato. Someone who tends to spend a great deal of leisure time in front of the computer in much the same way the couch potato does in front of the television. Here's where I differ... a recent survey by the American Snack Food Association found that 85% of Web surfers snack at the computer. It has been observed that this habitual nibbling and relative inactivity can lead to development of a characteristic potato-like body form. The Web's main lure for me is variety at the speed of thought! Now with these wonderful social networking sites and Web 2.0 apps, I can speed crazy hours online due to the...