�...the only time I�d have to use a laptop would be the time I have to sit alone, staring blankly into space. I suspect that those moments serve some vital function.�
William Gibson

I say �Amen� to that.

Lately, I have a had few swiftly passing moments in which it occurred to me that I, in fact, do not get to ruminate. You know, those long luscious moments of thinking and only thinking.

Thinking has become something I do during some other activity or chore, like doing the dishes or the laundry. No thoughts get fully fleshed out. It�s all on the fly, the run, half-assed...

I miss being able to...

RUMINATE
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VERB: To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or (over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one�s brains, put on one�s thinking cap, rack one�s brain. See THOUGHTS.

Roget�s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition.��1995.
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