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WHAT YOU SAID

Who is your favorite Scientologist?

9.8% - Tom Cruise
33.3% - John Travolta
9.8% - Beck Hansen
5.9% - Chick Corea
13.7% - Lisa Marie Presley
3.9% - Edgar Winter
5.9% - Sonny Bono (deceased)
17.6% - L. Ron Hubbard (deceased...or is he?)

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YOUR 2 CENTS

What's the best thing about working in the summer?

- Free air conditioning
- Less traffic; shorter commute
- Goofing off when the boss is out
- Wearing shorts and sandals
- Avoid visiting family with 'I have to work' excuse
- Not having to watch bad daytime TV
- Reduced risk of skin cancer

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You've won! An Internet addiction!

What started as one man's quest for a lava lamp has developed into an online auction habit that he incorporates into his daily to-do list.

Chris, 38, spotted a unique lamp on a television show a few years ago and wanted one. His search began on the show's chat board where he posted a request for information on the lamp. Someone who conducted her own futile search for the same lamp replied to the posting and suggested that he check online auction sites, especially eBay Inc.

A seller eventually placed the elusive lamp on eBay and, after submitting several bids, Chris won. And developed a penchant for online auction sites.

"It's kind of silly to say I'm hooked on the site, but I check eBay at least twice a day," said Chris, who requested a pseudonym. "If I don't check it in the morning I say, 'Oh, I need to check eBay longer at night now because I didn't do it this morning'."

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