I can't speak for jferguson, but I use Read It Later, and have had the same experience---and prefer it. Being able to decide whether or not I want to read something after I've put it off once is much less stressful, and I read less of the things that I don't really care about.
Agreed; it contextualizes the saved bits of information, a lot of times the outcome is not reading them - which is a WIN!
A lot of times you may come upon a juicy-smelling "information scent". Now you have a decision of whether to extend your lunch break and cut into work by following the scent (bad) or abandoning it (painful, and possibly bad).
One thing that has worked for me is using either delicious or more recently instapaper app to save the link (instapaper will actually sync the entire article back your iphone/pad/android). Pang of pain is largely avoided, and I can decide later whether this bit of info was worth reading, by comparing it to my other saved articles in the app at the appropriate time.