Am I the only person in the world who is shocked and amazed at the ongoing flattery of uebergeek Mark Zuckerberg?

Faffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest "must-haves", whether that's shoes, videogames or patio heaters. As a result, mums think they "have" to work at Tesco in order to buy expensive trainers.

When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else.

In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.

The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde, people who weren't losers but who didn't believe in the work ethic, and argued this thing about guilt or wrote philosophy about idleness.