I find it mentally stimulating to forum chat (e.g. pc world, yahoo answers, blog directories, mylot, commenting, etc) with others of similar interests within NZ and worldwide, as it's a good avenue to be authoritatively interactive. However, in doing so, I think I have lost a bit of verbal communication with real people, including some of my immediate family members and friends. Maybe advanced means of communication can create a partial isolation within your normal means of communication. Advancing (maybe), but unknowingly ignoring those that are closest...