No, not a joke.
I finally looked around and noticed this part of the site...

Still trying to conquer the smoking and lose about 30lbs.

I now have a great place to check into on my favorite site.
Geez, sometimes I am SO slow to learn.

Actually it can be a help to exercise your eyes, especially if your job (or hobby) invovles computers.  Staring at a mointor for long periods does strain teh eyes.  Take a few seconds and check out the view out the window or at least some shapes that are a different distance from your eyes than your monitor.  I don't know if it's real, or just the fact you're taking a break from it, but it makes sense.  

Ross

I drive Transit for a living, so my eyes are getting a LOT of exercise doing my "windshield time".

The computer is almost a rest for my eyes.
I'm just short of breath and a little porky...