I for one fully endorse that maxim. I admit to distracting myself late in an evening with light reading or television show, but more out of loss and grief. In fact, many find my following politics, science and such depressing. I consider it food for thought. I'm not tying myself to the steps of the capital because I honestly feel that time has come and gone. I'm at an age where I'm "the interested observer," to quote Ram Das. And I'm ok with that.