> You know the weird thing? When I
contemplate posting to RinkWorks, I usually
realize that I have nothing interesting to say.
(In one sense, it's a pretty cool and unusual
thing for a web site to have such self-policing
among its posters, I guess.) But my next
thought is, do I *really* have nothing
interesting to say, or am I just being
intellectually lazy and avoiding the mental work
it takes to take some thoughts and put them
together in a post-worthy manner? If I'm going
to be honest, more often than not it's probably
the latter, which sort of scares me. I don't
want to let atrophy the ability to formulate a
well-considered idea. But my usual message
board activity (elsewhere) is more or less just
"coasting" as far as the level of brainpower it
requires. RinkWorks is the whetstone I'm
avoiding.

You sound just like me. How many times a
week do I start a post, and sometimes even
complete it, and then close the window
without posting when I realize that I'd just be
wasting server space with my pointless and
cliched response?

Many times though, I have a good reason for
not posting. I'll be intrigued by a message,
and want to post a thoughtful reply, but due to
my level of business at work (or home,
whatever the case may be), I simply cannot do
so for lack of time, and rather than spout off
quickly without effort, I simply refrain from
participating.

Most of my posts nowadays are probably
much like this one; a quick response to
someone else's more-thought-out message. I
hardly ever start a new thread any more...

Gri"Time! Time! Give me time!"shny