Driving home today, I caught a glimpse (between passes of the windscreen wipers) of a woman at a bus stop lighting a cigarette. And I thought: "Aha! That's what my life is missing - a vice." What is there that, when I feel under pressure, I can give up to achieve a quick boost of virtuosity and perhaps also health, finances or other ancillary benefits?

There's the internet, I suppose, but that's not a vice, that's life-blood. And sugar, but I couldn't do without that. Caffeine? Pedanticism? (*L* usagi and I just had a short discussion about spelling caffeine - she reminded me of the rule: "'i' before 'e', except after 'c'", and I protested that a 'c' four letters antecedent didn't count.) Non sequiturs? Puns! No! Absolutely not! I couldn't give up puns!

So, perhaps I'm not entirely free of vices, but I don't have one that's any good for giving up. Any suggestions?