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This is silly. A New York Times article talks about the unbearable stress of being a blogger.

A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.

So, are we now going to have yet another disorder proposed for the DSM, of Blogging Anxiety Disorder? I’m glad Battelle concurs (with counterpoint here).

People work themselves to death in all industries. Blogging just happens to make the process far more enjoyable (and sometimes, even lucrative).

Alex Eckelberry