Saturday, November 19, 2005
No news is good news
And my no news campaign continues. It must be 5 weeks now since I decided to abstain from news. Meaning, I won't watch news on TV, listen to it on the radio, read it in newspapers or the web. Except for sports that is. I have almost made a fetish of it. I get the newspaper delivered 4 days a week. I pointedly ignore all the sections except sport. I have quit listening to NPR except for Car Talk on weekends, and even that is only if I happen to be on the road b/w 11 and 12.
The only news I now get is what I inadvertently look at when I go to news.google.com and click on the sports link on the LHS. And what I overhear at work.
The amazing thing is that I don't feel in the slightest bit left out! I don't think I have ever been in a conversation this past 5 weeks when not being up to date with the news has caused me to look stupid. THe main reason has to be that the majority of Americans (at least my co-workers) were never reading the news anyway!
It also means that I have to stock my car with cassettes. I tried some of the local music channels but the commercials were too much of an interference.
The only news I now get is what I inadvertently look at when I go to news.google.com and click on the sports link on the LHS. And what I overhear at work.
The amazing thing is that I don't feel in the slightest bit left out! I don't think I have ever been in a conversation this past 5 weeks when not being up to date with the news has caused me to look stupid. THe main reason has to be that the majority of Americans (at least my co-workers) were never reading the news anyway!
It also means that I have to stock my car with cassettes. I tried some of the local music channels but the commercials were too much of an interference.
