...I don't know if I'd ever leave the shower. They'd have to pry the glistening, metallic showerhead from my pruned fingers. I've always been a big fan of the shower which is an understatement on par with saying that Hitler was a disagreeable little fellow with a funny moustache. Actually, now that I think about it, if he had been as easily pacified by a shower as I am, he likely might have been a more stable atom.

Yes, I follow the dying advice of the late, great Warren Zevon to "enjoy every sandwich" - and if you're only familiar with Zevon through his song "Werewolves Of London," please check him out (I'd be more than happy to suggest some songs). And, I do also smoke (and before I am nailed by non-smokers, I'm aware that it is a stupid and ill-advised habit). All it takes to become a smoker is, to give a nod to Bill Hicks, the right girl, the right bar, and the right friends.

However, the subject is the shower, one of the best reasons for getting out of bed in the morning. It's a magical place where I truly do think best, getting ideas that, if I could get my girlfriend to transcribe them for later review, I might be able to parlay into heroic accomplishments. It's a warm, happy place (particularly as I have never lived somewhere that had the seemingly bottomless well of hot water I currently have). The only reason to leave is to take a nap (or have a sandwich).

Now, I'm aware that they existed, but I've never really thought of buying a radio for the shower. Is such an item really something you think of to buy for yourself? I didn't. I love music and on occasion will turn the stereo up while I'm in the shower, but I'd never really considered the idea of listening in the shower. Probably some deep-seated inability to think of such a brilliant concept in any mental image other than me, standing in the shower with some cheap '80s boom box like Ferris Beuhler doing Jon Cusack's "In Your Eyes" scene from the movie "Say Anything."

I didn't buy one, but was given one as a gift from my lovely girlfriend. I haven't used it, yet, as I keep forgetting to buy batteries - for some reason it seems I remember a time in my life when I had batteries everywhere - but I am psyched to use it. Yeah, radio isn't what it used to be, but it is listenable enough to enhance the shower experience. There's a semi-decent triple-A station, an occasionally interesting college station, and oldies could be a good vibe.

If it all lives up to the considerable buzz the concept is generating (at least in my head), I will immediately begin work on incorporating sandwiches and smokes into the mix.