I have too much time on my hands.

One of my guilty pleasures is reading sfgate.com, the web home of the San Francisco Chronicle. I especially enjoy reading the comments because I enjoy getting a pulse on what other people in the Bay Area think about various divisive topics. Occasionally I get engrossed in a particular topic and feel guilty about having way too much time on my hands. The house is a mess, there are stacks of unfolded laundry, I should be rebalancing my 401K and yet I have time to read 3 pages of comments on a blog posting like this one. I lost interest after about 30 comments, but was amazed that 167 people have commented on how they feel about the new Whole Foods in Noe Valley. Are our lives really that boring that a grocery store becomes a heated topic? Have my brain cells degenerated so much that I consider this to be a lively debate?