The Good Life With No TV...

I'm coming up on one year without a TV. That's right, friends and neighbors. One whole year without the mind-numbing influence of the boob tube. And how in the holy hell can one get along without a TV, you might ask? How do you what to buy and think and wear?

Well, my peeps, its called reading. I read for entertainment. I read for knowledge. I read for news and sports and entertainment and every thing else. But as much as I like to think that it somewhat shields me from my completely stupid and altogether worthless fellow citizens, I find that reality finds ways to get through. Granted, I don't have to run for the remote, desperately trying to hit the mute before having to listen to Hillary Clinton. I can selectively choose what I read. But there are still headlines. And you really just have to shake your head and realize that we are all going straight to hell when you read these headlines.

Here's a selection of headlines for Wednesday April 9th, 2008. I have plucked these beauties from my own google news homepage.

Troop cuts in some parts of Iraq under review, Petraeus says

American Cancels 850 More Flights
Torch relay, protest taunts competing
Karmapa Lama allowed to visit US
Clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City kill 20
Sect accused of marrying pubescent girls
Campaign Missteps Tarnish Clinton's Image
At Least 8 Killed on Eve of Nepal Vote
Palestinians kill 2 Israelis in raid
Bush and Democrats push ahead with housing plans
Florida lawmakers pass take-your-guns-to-work law
Runaway Ohio Lawyer Gets Probation
Iran warns West of "bloody nose" over nuclear issue
Lindsay Lohan’s Former Bodyguard Sues

These are just some of the headlines. Its rare that I even bother going past them to the actual article. The headlines pretty much say what needs to be known, and its all bad. As I said before we are all going straight to hell.

Now I don't mind so much, because I don't believe in god or hell or any of that shit. But for all you bible wielding freaks, its gonna be real damn hot where we're all going...............................

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