Find tempus to lege! (time to read!)

You might say we’re book-ish or simply have too much free time on our hands: for neither do we offer any apologies. It is a disputable notion that free time is scarce these days. One needs only to look for it in not unfamiliar places such as: on mass transit, banks of dilatory elevators, your hair salon, your vet’s waiting room (wr), your doctor’s wr, your dentist’s wr, your analyst’s wr, your accountant’s wr, your psychic advisor’s wr, the line in your green grocer on Saturday morning, in the laundromat, in the deli while they heat up your soup, in the deli while they make your sandwich, in the shoe department of your favorite store while the nicely-dressed shoe salesman retrieves your size (and comes back with the wrong color)... Still have trouble finding free time? Make it. Reduce the time you spend: talking on the cellphone, watching tv, smoking a cigarette, daydreaming, gossiping, looking online at clothes you cannot afford, looking online at shoes you cannot afford, looking online for recipes you have no intention of making, making recipes you found online, exercising (it never works), balancing your checkbook (it never does), trying on clothes before you buy them (you can always return them, really), going through your junkmail, going through your junk e-mail... the list is endless but really, it must stop somewhere. The trick is to always have a book handy for when opportunity arises. And if you do not want to lug a book around in your bag (how mundane!), here are some alternatives: hang it by your neck and wear it like an accessory/albatross, balance it on your head and improve your posture, stick it in your pocket when it can fit...but just don’t do all at the same time as it may be difficult and potentially hazardous. Wherever, whenever, however, just READ, READ, READ - if we might paraphrase the redoubtable saint of Hippo, which as we all know is just south of Elepha. Tolle lege!