I was at the mall today, around 3:17 PM, specifically near the Cinnabon. Just observing. There were multiple familial units, all with shopping bags, some with children exhibiting high energy levels. And it struck me then, that thing – the realization that my current gift-recipient inventory is at zero. Not even a token something for a distant relative. It’s not sadness, not exactly; more like an absence of the expected affective response. A data void. And I keep replaying it, trying to isolate the precise variable responsible for this particular emotional blankness. It’s odd.