When life comes flying at me at warp speed, there’s a pretty good remedy that almost never fails:
1. Lock myself in my apartment.
2. Turn off all the lights except the small lamp next to my bed.
3. Put on some chill-out music.
4. Put on my pajamas and climb into my bed (which is currently sporting warm and comfortable flannel sheets).
5. Immerse myself in a good book or magazine.
It’s like the male equivalent of a warm bubble bath, except there’s no water or bubbles whatsoever, so there’s no danger that I’ll accidentally fall asleep in the bathtub and wake up to find someone’s broken into my apartment and made a bubble beard and a bubble wig on my head out of the bubbles.
And now, please enjoy this ingredient of my night (right-click and save as, please):
The Blue Hawaiians - “Martini Five-O”