Agoraphobia! I certainly feel like I could stay inside, order in, and rent movies via cable, talk on the phone and email for days without actually interacting with a human being. To your other point, I ran into an online media blog yesterday that linked to the two superbowl coke tv spots. One of them revolved around second life-esque avatar culture. I am not entirely convinced that what is now becoming First Life online is a good thing, but it sure reduces one’s carbon footprint! D