"I need distractions," I told a friend who writes for a wildly popular television review site. "I need distractions," I told my friend who edits books for a living. "I need distractions," so I looked to iTunes. "I need distractions," so I looked to Tivo.
Here are the things that have been distracting me these days. What's your best distraction of late?
5 Books
Water for Elephants
Tales of the
City
The Lost
Night: A
Daughter's Search for the Truth of Her Father's Murder
Eat Pray
Love
Peter and the
Starcatchers
5 Albums
Eye to
the
Telescope
iTunes Originals - The Goo Goo Dolls
You Can Tell Georgia
A Bird Flies Out
We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions
5 Netflix Selections
Veronica Mars, Seasons 1 & 2
Project Runway, Season 1
The Comeback: The Complete Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 4
The Best of Youth
5 Podcasts
Good Food
This American Life (Did you know it's a free podcast now?)
Grammar Girl
Grey's Anatomy Official Podcast
Lonely Planet Travelcasts
5 Television Shows
Prison Break
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Grey's Anatomy
Cold Case
CSI: NY
Need more book recommendations? Check out all the comments and great conversation on this post last year. I am still culling book recommendations from that list.
Editor's Note: Remember when I alluded to the fact that my posts may be a little random this autumn? What we have above is a prime example!



