I just heard a great show on npr today. It's called Loose Leaf Book Company. This is the first time I have heard it but I definitely think it's something I'll be able to recommend. It's an radio show for adults about children's books (perhaps young-adults more appropriately). If it plays on your local npr affiliate you might give it a listen. It was neat. I'll post a URL below.

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The time has come for me to return to the mall. Let me explain. About once every three months I get this incredibly strong urge to go and watch the people shopping in the mall. I don't buy many mall-type items. When I shop I tend to purchase geek lifestyle items... computer parts, consumer electronics, knock-off swedish furniture, etc. Not really your normal mall inventory... at least in Tulsa. Once in a blue moon when I am forced to purchase clothing I will grudgingly head to the temple of commerce with intent to buy.

Usually I just go to watch people shop. I find it strangely cathartic. People in the mall seem to be so happy and wrapped up in their lives... yet intensely involved with one another. The mall creates a fantasy environment that exists nowhere else in the world. It's good stuff.

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Speaking of catharsis, I really miss the beach. When I lived in Houston I would frequently drive down to Galveston and just bum around on the beach. The ocean is soothing.