When we are busy we go to ebay....

Today is one of those days where I have spend most of my working time browsing the net- mainly ebay and bbc news again and again (just in case something radical takes place). Why is it that when we are busy we look for every distraction possible? For me deadlines are the best mode to work, but even then I will only really get going just before they are due- I will and always make the deadlines- but need that pressure to get going.
Ebay seems a great diversion -actually very mindless (and no I did not buy anything..), at first my searches where vintage clothes- but now they have progressed to vintage cars..