Does Joel spend all his time logged in, or what?
No. Despite the insults from losers who, when losing an argument in a Usenet newsgroup, say “Hey, get out from in front of your monitor once in a while, bub!” Joel actually spends little time logged in. Having a wife and a demanding job will do that for you. Joel does have a real life, a life that consists of spending time with his wife, reading, going to minor league baseball games, driving, traveling, going to movies, hanging out with friends, and working on his writing. He used to spend a lot of time logged in, back when he was in graduate school (he had a do-nothing graduate assistant position), so people assume this is still the case.