I forgot to mention that last week we finally cut off our cable television. We had made this one of our resolutions this year, that after the college football season we'd take the plunge. The cable guy came on Friday morning and did the deed.
We really don't miss it, to be perfectly frank. Two Sundays ago we wasted an entire afternoon watching "Mythbusters," and while I would worry more if it had been "I Love the 80s" or "Laguna Beach," there's still that feeling of fuzzy discontent when you spend a day vapidly staring at the idiot box.
I'm really concerned with the deep level of impact that television has on our lives - consider this our little joust at the windmill. No, we aren't cut off completely: we still watch the network shows that we like, and the remote can still cycle through the channels. But we're saving money, and honestly, we're both reading more even in the last week than we had in the months previous. We'll probably hook back up again come September, so we can get Nebraska & Oregon football games - I guess that's an idol that'll die a little harder.
Pax,
Scott
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