There are alternatives...

If you find yourself living in Southern California, driving around from place to place, seeing the sunglassed heads of people dressed up in their cars, and either you, or they, are listening to the books-on-CD of Dr. Wayne Dyer, the question remains: Have I been in California too long? Are these habits at the expense of something greater? Or lesser?

(From "Sibusiso Mbhele and his fish helicopter" by Koto Bolofo)