Last weekend I was at the bookstore to buy a gift for my friend's new baby. I was wistfully looking at new titles that I might also like to read. Then I remembered the two textbooks on my desk, the list of homework, and the three piles of unfinished books (Stones Into Schools, The Book of Negroes, You Can't Make Me, R Is For Ricochet, A Wolf at the Table) and resolved to not buy another stinkin' book.
Then I was at the sports store, buying new shoes to play tennis in. I admired the stationary bikes. I wondered where I could put one of those.
Then, like a flash, it came to me: when I'm shopping for books or movies or sports equipment, I'm really looking for more time to do those activities, not for the items themselves.
Is there a store that sells that?
