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  • Blogging: The Next Best Thing To Prozac

    June 6, 2008

    First the scientists discover that dark chocolate and red wine are good for you and now blogging!  Sign me up to be a guinnea pig for those studies! My friend Jeremiah, who actually IS a scientist, sent me this link from Scientific American about why blogging is good for you

    Have a great weekend y’all!

    21 Comments

    1. dianne - bunny trails says:

      Thank you for affirming yet another of my, obsessions, I mean habits. Pretty soon you’ll be telling us that gummy bears contain antioxidants. Won’t that be swell?

      June 6th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    2. shayne says:

      Well duh.

      Where else can you rage/whine/preach/exhort/extoll/put your two cents in/talk about your mother-in-law issues/ask the big “why am I here” questions FOR FREE!!

      I mean what is the going hourly rate for a shrink these days? I bet it’s at least as much as a tank of gas!!!

      June 6th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    3. Renna says:

      Now my life is complete! ;-Þ

      June 6th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    4. fern says:

      Whoo hoo!

      Now I just need a scientist to say it is good for me to spend mucho time each day reading blogs and not doing all the work I should be doing.

      June 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    5. Amyb says:

      AM, I enjoy reading your blog so much. I started the archives a while ago, and I’m on March 2006, and savoring every minute of it!! I’m not a mommy, nor am I antique, but your posts are ageless. Please never stop!

      June 6th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    6. Rocks In My Dryer says:

      Fantastic! We knew it all along, didn’t we?

      June 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    7. chaotic joy says:

      Well, duh. They sure used an awful lot of big words to explain what we already knew.

      June 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    8. Chels says:

      Thanks for the link!

      June 6th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    9. Jamie (Ohbecareful!) says:

      What? No. Blogging is a serious addiction, and you are an Enabler. You just enabled all of your blogging readers. FOR SHAME. (And thank you! I needed another excuse for bloggig, myself.) ;)

      June 6th, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    10. Daneen says:

      Amen! not that I needed justification, but there you have it. Did I say Amen?!

      June 7th, 2008 at 10:28 am

    11. Beverlydru says:

      This is rich! I had to post about it too. Great news!

      June 7th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    12. RubiaLala says:

      Oh good. Now I can save money and cancel all my prescriptions.

      June 7th, 2008 at 11:29 am

    13. Tom says:

      Those wacky scientists and their studies. They’re always a few steps behind us, aren’t they?
      Blogging WHILE eating dark chocolate and drinking red wine, now THAT is stress relief.

      June 7th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    14. cyn says:

      So glad to hear I am so healthy! Interesting study. :)

      June 8th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    15. Marian says:

      Oh, this is good news. I’ve just finally started one this weekend.

      June 8th, 2008 at 12:26 am

    16. mama speak says:

      I must be the healthiest person alive! Like RIGHT. THIS. SECOND! Guess what I’md doing right now? Eating dark chocolate macadamia nuts, while sipping red wine and writing/reading blogs!

      Since I’m not really all that healthy, I guess it’s really scary to think how dead I would be if not for dark chocolate, red wine & blogging.

      :)

      I did note that the scientists neglected to mention the problem w/blogging into the wee hours of the night/ which might make you able to sleep better, it prevents you from the actual sleeping itself.

      June 8th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    17. SCY says:

      I knew there was a reason I did it – thanks for the link. :)

      June 8th, 2008 at 6:18 am

    18. Brighton says:

      It is good for me, however- it was not so good when my husband’s family sought it out and read it. Damn.
      Great link!

      June 8th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    19. Jane says:

      Totally convincing – now I have evidence for those family members who don’t see the benefits of blogging . . .

      June 9th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    20. Angela says:

      I always saw it as free therapy. Now I have proof!

      June 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    21. Soliloquy says:

      YAY! Permission! Documented proof that it is beneficial!

      Could we just change the above to MILK chocolate, WHITE wine and blogging?

      Then I’d be all set!

      June 12th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

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