First of all, Arian, congratulations. I am the first to admit that I still have a passing HN addiction at times. And that - when I had a lousy day at work or a

First of all, Arian, congratulations. I am the first to admit that I still have a passing HN addiction at times. And that - when I had a lousy day at work or at life, I would feel good if some article I had sluiced the Internet tech stream for turned out to be gold and got up voted. Or even better - if a comment of mine was timed right (this is key, you know, early comments that are cogent gain lots of momentum). It all meant that somewhere out there - someone was giving me approval (that one point up vote was someone liking what I had to offer). Now, of course, I realize that the virtual world is not as rich as the real world - retreat though I may from time to time. My advice to you is to turn off the computer and meet up with some friends. If you don't want to meet up with some friends, go find something in the real world that is interesting to do - you very often find interesting people to meet if you find something of interest to do. Interest is the greatest filter in life - something that dating sites try to approximate - but really showing up at something, especially on a snowy day - is one of the best filters. Good luck! It's ok to not go cold turkey. That's hard, I know. The real world is more real than the virtual. Knowledge, as another article said recently - is to - watch someone do it, do it, and then teach someone do it. That is the formula I've been applying to my endeavors recently. And it seems to be working.