hob·by: An activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure.

Hobbies are an interesting concept in today’s day and age. At first glance it may seem as though hobbies are commonplace. There are bird watchers, craning to hear the tweets of seemingly common but in fact rare species of Thoughtus Leaderus. We have writers, churning out volume after volume of “Re:”, a seemingly endless story of response and avoidance. We even have ghost hunters, looking at snaps that may disappear in anywhere between 1–10 seconds.

However, upon further review it appears that today’s ‘hobbies’ may in fact not fit the traditional definition of the term. Ask people what their hobbies are and, should they be young enough to not remember life without the Internet, they’ll likely respond with an “Um” or an “Ah” and then offer a perfunctory response that could be found on a Bingo! sheet: Reading. Traveling. Cooking. Playing sports. Watching movies.