When I'm avoiding problems, I read. I read a lot. One of the books that I read last week was Michael Lewis's The Blind Side. 

One of the marks of a great writer is that he/she can make me care about topics that I didn't care about before. I watch football, because it is usually accompanied by beer and chips. I would watch paint dry, if you gave me a bowl of guacamole. Any knowledge that I have about football comes from a very bad football video game that I used to play in third grade, which was really one step more advanced than Pong. 

Because Michael Lewis is such an incredible writer, I attentively read about the evolution of the left tackle in football.