These are the Sounds... of Silence (+ book foo)

Those of you who know me know I don't really listen to music. However, usually when I'm home and awake, I do have the TV on... even if I'm not watching it, I've got it on something, CNN if nothing else. It helps fill up those long silences, keeps me at least a little bit informed, and most importantly, it tends to help me keep track of time better. I know show X lasts until Y time where I change it to show Z, etc, and so even without looking at a clock, I'm at least dimly aware of when it is.
This week, as an experiment, I'm keeping my TV turned off unless there's something specific on I want to watch (beyond a little teeny bit of headline news in the morning).
So far it's.. interesting. A lot quieter. Does make it on the one hand a lot easier to fall into a nap, but on the other hand makes it a lot harder to control how long I'm out (it's easier to catch some cue from the TV about what time it is and wrest myself awake, then it is to consciously wake up enough to check the clock).
Anyway, enough about that...
Finished: Double Star, by Robert A. Heinlein
Started: Startide Rising, by David Brin
(minor spoilers and thoughts behind cut tag)
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