But would it be less stressful than in their homes, with their families, and where they can eat when they want, sleep when they are tired, don't have to commute to work, etc....

* Web mastery
* Software mastery
* (Creative?) Writing
* World awareness
* promoting
* social networking
* Critical thinking

These are all skills that can be used, once so honed, outside the blogging world. I have had employers, hire me on the basis of the blog. Not that they agree with everything I say, but the assumption is if I can keep something like that running, I must have a little on the ball.

In that light, anyone running a successful blog, has a leg up, in my view.

The NY Times reports blogging is stressful and possibly detrimental to a person's health. A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired......

The reporters at the NYT are working under the same kind of stresses to get the story out, if they're doing their jobs, that is, and the Times doesn't report on those. Of course, they also don't mention that Blog readership is going through the roof, while that of the Times is going down like a fireball.

One doesn't have to be Fellini to figure out the subliminal message of this particular film: "You can't win against us. " Or, perhaps more graphically, "You can win a few battles, but you'll die going against us".

Nah, the Times doesn't have any motivation in the matter. Right?