You Know You're Spending Too Much Time on Squidoo if...

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We're Addicted to Squidoo

You know who you are. You family members roll their eyes whenever you mention Squidoo. Their eyes glaze over at the dinner table as you begin to tell them what you learned today during research for your latest lens. At a certain point, all Squiddicts have to succumb to the urge and build a lens like this one. My time has come.

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You Know You're Spending Too Much Time on Squidoo When... 

Please add to this list with your own tell-tale signs of squiddiction.

You check your dashboard in the morning before you go to the bathroom.

16 points

You panic when the Squidoo site goes down.

15 points

You wake up in the middle of the night with the lens concept you are certain will be the next Number 1.

12 points

You carry around a little Squid notebook in case you think of something.

7 points

You Make a Lens Like This One

6 points

During sex, you come up with a great idea for a new lens.

Wait until later to share your brilliant new idea more...5 points

Your kids can't reach the top of the laundry pile.

5 points

You wonder if the laptop cord will reach from the toilet to an electrical outlet.

5 points

You don't know the first or last names of your three best friends.

3 points

You named your kids Seth, Megan, and Gil.

3 points

You paint your house orange.

3 points

I'm cooking in the crockpot tonight so I can spend more time making lenses

3 points

You forget to shower

2 points

I don't remember my own name!!2 points

You spend all night dreaming about making Lenses on Squidoo.

There was a recent thread in the Squidu Forum abou more...1 point

I don't remember my own name!!0 points

Why is Squidoo So Addictive? 

Squidoo gives me an opportunity to express my creativity and opinions. I love building lenses and watching them come together into a coherent message.

I read other lenses and learn about things that I didn't even know exist. The range of knowledge at Squidoo is phenomenal! I can browse the Top 100 on any subject and find new and interesting topics every time.

I've made some wonderful friends here. I know they're not friends in the traditional sense, but they tend to understand my Squidness because they are all tentacled, too. This group has provided support for its members through some amazing times, both good and bad.

Squidoo is a comfortable place for me, and it came to me at just a time when I really needed it.

Mr. LewisSmile Loves Squidoo 

A Love Poem to Squidoo

I Love Squidoo

Video to go with my lens www.squidoo.com/ilovesquidoo My entry for the Love Letter To Squidoo Challenge.

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I Think These Folks are Addicted Too 

Chef Keem Loves Squidoo 

Chef Keem's Ode to Lensmasters

Ode to Squidoo Lensmasters

Scenes from the area around the Driftwood Lodge in SE Alaska, featuring the names of some of my favorite teachers on Squidoo.com. Original music by Chef Keem. www.squidoo.com/bavarianchef

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Squidoo on CafePress 

If you don't have your Squidoo shirt and coffee mug yet, you're not buyi - I'm mean trying, hard enough.

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Squiddiction is a Serious Affliction 

Can you think of other words that rhyme with squiddiction?

More Squidoo on CafePress 

Come on. You know you want to buy something here.

Mini Button

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No lense today Mug

No, I swear! I didn't create any lenses today!

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Last Lens Mousepad

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VictoriaMastersArt Loves Squidoo 

Dedication video for Squidoo challenge

Squidoo Love

Dedication video for Squidoo Challenge.

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Squiddiction is an Epidemic! 

Maybe we need a telethon.

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Squiddicts Even Have Their Own Shopping Venue 

Christene has even opened a Cafepress Store for Squiddicts. She likes visitors.

Squiddicts Swim Around in Loosely Organized Herds 

Life is easier around other Squiddicts.

We Are a Community 

Read these lenses to understand why we're so addicted.

Note to Self




Remember to thank everyone at Squidoo for making my life better.



Are You Addicted Too? 

Leave me a little note, because I live for them. If you've made a lens about your Squiddiction, let me know; I'll add it to this lens.

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    kitty222 kitty222 Aug 27, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
    Very amusing Lens...I added one to the "You Know You're Spending Too Much Time on Squidoo When..." poll, "When You Dream about creating new Lenses." LOL.
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    shajo shajo May 17, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
    Haha! I love this lens! I haven't been here very long but I can see where it can be very addicting! I've made four lenses so far and I love it,
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    monarch13 monarch13 Jan 14, 2009 @ 1:03 am
    "Just one more lens and I promise I'll make dinner for you kid, just what is your name again?"
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    0ctavias0fferings 0ctavias0fferings Jan 11, 2009 @ 10:05 am
    Wow, Margo really is strongly addicted LOL Me? I can quit whenever I want ... no really, I can, honest. I don't panic when the connection goes down, not in the slightest, really, I don't, nor do I go around threatening violence on the modem until connection is re-established, oh no, I never do that.
    And doesn't everyone check their lenses before they go to the loo and/or put the kettle on in the morning?
    Bless you ;)
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    Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
    I am not addicted to Squidoo because I can stop whenever I want to, I just don't want to. I will stop after I get 75 lenses for my giant squid application, well actually there are some really neat perks in the 100 club, so I will want to quit then, but I am not addicted, no, not me.

    (Why is the dog chewing my toes, I fed him three days ago) Anyway, addiction is for weak people, I am just here because I want to be here.

    So there with your 5* lenses!!!! ;=p
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    Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
    I am not addicted to Squidoo because I can stop whenever I want to, I just don't want to. I will stop after I get 75 lenses for my giant squid application, well actually there are some really neat perks in the 100 club, so I will want to quit then, but I am not addicted, no, not me.

    (Why is the dog chewing my toes, I fed him three days ago) Anyway, addiction is for weak people, I am just here because I want to be here.

    So there with your 5* lenses!!!! ;=p
  • Reply
    Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
    I am not addicted to Squidoo because I can stop whenever I want to, I just don't want to. I will stop after I get 75 lenses for my giant squid application, well actually there are some really neat perks in the 100 club, so I will want to quit then, but I am not addicted, no, not me.

    (Why is the dog chewing my toes, I fed him three days ago) Anyway, addiction is for weak people, I am just here because I want to be here.

    So there with your 5* lenses!!!! ;=p
  • Reply
    Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
    I am not addicted to Squidoo because I can stop whenever I want to, I just don't want to. I will stop after I get 75 lenses for my giant squid application, well actually there are some really neat perks in the 100 club, so I will want to quit then, but I am not addicted, no, not me.

    (Why is the dog chewing my toes, I fed him three days ago) Anyway, addiction is for weak people, I am just here because I want to be here.

    So there with your 5* lenses!!!! ;=p
  • Reply
    Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
    I am not addicted to Squidoo because I can stop whenever I want to, I just don't want to. I will stop after I get 75 lenses for my giant squid application, well actually there are some really neat perks in the 100 club, so I will want to quit then, but I am not addicted, no, not me.

    (Why is the dog chewing my toes, I fed him three days ago) Anyway, addiction is for weak people, I am just here because I want to be here.

    So there with your 5* lenses!!!! ;=p
  • Reply
    Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
    I am not addicted to Squidoo because I can stop whenever I want to, I just don't want to. I will stop after I get 75 lenses for my giant squid application, well actually there are some really neat perks in the 100 club, so I will want to quit then, but I am not addicted, no, not me.

    (Why is the dog chewing my toes, I fed him three days ago) Anyway, addiction is for weak people, I am just here because I want to be here.

    So there with your 5* lenses!!!! ;=p
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