like the indoor tennis court

I'm about 50 pages from finishing Mao II and have found myself disinterested in the conclusion. Yet, because of the time I've already invested getting to this point, it seems foolish not to finish. Economists would chide me for this, and mutter something about sunk cost.

If my subway ride were a bit longer in the morning, this wouldn't be a problem, but as it is, I can't really get any reading done on the train. Still, it beats sitting in traffic.