Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - G. Marx

For those of you who love music, and could conceivably be thought of as being addicted to it, as though it were some sort of auditory mind enslaving force, check out this NPR website:
http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc53/index.html#difranco

for a brilliant dose of eclectic downloads, from gentle giant to bright eyes, miles davis to RL Burnside. It's a damn fine site.