I have gotten back into radio listening. I have a new police scanner programmed with the local frequencies. I also picked up a nice portable shortwave radio. I smoke out behind the house in the garage where we have an old couch set up.

It is nice in the evenings to grab a good bottle of beer or pour a glass of scotch, then light up a nice 1.5 hour cigar and fiddle around to see what I can pick up on one of my radios. Sometimes you hear interesting events with the local police (and I am near newark, so plenty of action there). On the shortwave you can pick up radio stations from cuba or taiwan, among other places.

Other than that I sit back with a good book or load a movie or tv show onto the laptop.