The only daily constants in addition to the material world around me are whatever book I happen to be reading at night, whatever pops up in e-mail and fluther during the day, and whatever comes in from family members at home. During the academic quarter, there’s also input from my classes. And I rent a lot of Netflix.
When I go out, I hear NPR broadcasts in my car when I’m not listening to the classical station. A few times a week I glance at the front page of the newspaper; once in a while I look inside. I leaf through a newsmagazine once every few weeks and Harper’s Magazine once a month, and I read whatever is handy in doctors’ and dentists’ offices (which is where I usually catch up on pop culcha). When something big happens, I look at a news website online, such as MSNBC or BBC. I turn on the TV every 4 years for the Olympics and the presidential debates.
That’s pretty much it, aside from periodic outings to opera, theatre, and ballet. I’ve stored a lifetime of reading and academic study in my gray cells, and when I talk to people I talk to interesting people.
What’s the output? What you see here is pretty typical of it. My conversation and my writing are not so different from what I type in the fluther answer box.