Life on the info autobahn . . or a blog about taking a long time to achieve absolutely nothing . .

How long is it since I have sent a FEW HOURS on one project? Or read one book in one sitting. Or an entire TV programme or movie. Or one magazine. Or one newspaper. Back to front?
It gets to me every day, that I can never, ever, spend a whole lot of time doing one thing. To work on one project without the distraction of everything else. We have become a culture of short and sharp consumers. We soak up shots of info like they are a quick caffeine fix. Forget the detail, we just want to digest the headline followed by minimal words, thanks very much. Whether online, verbally or aurally, our minds dart from one subject to the next like lights on a pinball machine, never fixing on one train of thought, one notion, one idea or ideal. We sit at our computers ready for a day of work. We check Twitter (if it isn't already being checked when it's by the bed). We get caught up with a Twitter train of thought and weigh in on the debate. There's an hour gone. We flip over to email and respond to questions that seem to have a sense of urgency when in fact they shouldn't. We check favorite blogs and news websites and even throw a few comments in. Why not? We get distracted by the Twitter feed and entangle ourselves in a heavy back and forth debate before switching course completely and chuckling at a ridiculous youtube link. Click over to Facebook and time to peruse a buddy's party snaps from last night. Hang on. I don't even know her let alone want her to be my friend as we check our friend requests. Ping! Up comes an FB pop-up message. Close Facebook page for fear of getting stuck in a to-and-fro pop up chat. Look at email inbox. Yet again. There are 4457 messages that have to be deleted or kept?
Time to breathe.
It's after noon. I'm feeling done.
And it's time to go out.
And I still haven't done a thing.