Relaxation CDs are interesting … because they make me so relaxed. Maybe it’s just that I need to get more sleep. But if one of those tracks starts to play on my iPod, I zone out almost immediately.

In fact, the calming music is so soothing that it’s kind of got me confused. I mean, how do the musicians in the studio record that stuff without falling asleep? It’s a mystery, I tell you. Like one of those classic “ship in a bottle” souvenirs you sometimes see in seaport village gift shops. I just don’t know how they do it.