While eating dinner one recent night, I turned on the radio. I'd left it on the same station I'd selected when having lunch. As I listened to a talk show host opine on how well various athletes had played this season, I thought, "These names mean nothing to me. This isn't a team I follow. In fact, this isn't a sport I follow. Just because I was listening to this station during a previous meal, I'm not obligated to listen now. I haven't sworn any blood oath to listen to anything this station airs whenever I'm eating."
Yet, despite the subject matter's lack of relevance to my life, I kept listening. I was nearly finished eating when I had this epiphany, after all.
