"When a habit begins to cost money,
it's called a hobby." old proverb
I have a lot of bad habits... I mean, hobbies. Ironically, given that much of my professional writing career has been spent analyzing television, I don't like spending too much time in front of the tube. I'd much rather do something with my hands - create something or learn something new. I think I picked this up from my father, who taught himself to repair or install anything around the house. Some say this was because he was Scottish (i.e. cheap), but I think it was the way he expressed himself creatively.
Whatever the reason, I have always had hobbies to fall back on. Originally, it was gaming and modeling, then came music and guitar building, but I have had many, many hobbies over the years.
Check out the links to the right, or in the pull-down above, to jump to short pages dedicated to those hobbies.