Freedom

You may be wondering why there have been so few posts recently. My employer has kindly given most of us this week off. While I have work to do from home, this welcome break from getting up early and dressing up has led to a certain slackening of nearly all my habits; I didn't shave after Christmas until today, for instance. (Those who experienced the Great Beard of 1999 will be happy to know that this one did not involve any sort of mental turmoil, just a healthy dose of laziness.)

If you're bored without my ruminations, you could do worse than the following:

• Read some of my Amazon reviews. You can be the one who provides my 300th helpful vote and propels me into the top 5000!
  
• Check out the blogs in the sidebar, including new find Betty Rocker and old favorites Pop Life and ISleepinaDrawer. (Dude Week, too, but he recently panned Modest Mouse.)
  
• Check out the top 50 albums of the year from Pitchfork.
• Or Drowned in Sound.
• Or Tiny Mix Tapes.
• Or PopMatters.

Or, you could donate your money to victims of this week's disaster in Asia.


See you in the new year.