This past weekend, cable tv was installed in my home. That's right folks, another bill to pay for mindless/smut entertainment. I despise all things it stands for. As I surfed the channels, I remembered why. Jersey Shore, The Bachelor, Cheaters, Two and a Half Men, The Real World, Celebrity Rehab...these are all reasons our country is going to hell in a handbasket. That, and people line dancing to Steve Earle, parents not disciplining their children, and Dairy Queen employees not turning over my Blizzard before handing it to me in a drive through line to display its frozen goodness. I digress.
I never wanted such things in my home. If I need entertaining, I have plenty of books, chores to be done outside, a porch to sit on and enjoy the night air, and a dog that likes to play fetch. Turns out 3 out of 4 of these items requires me to be outside in the HEAT. And I don't mean heat like, "I'm kind of a sissy and don't like to sweat much" heat, I mean sweltering, Sahara like conditions. So, as I continued to surf my new channels in the refrigerated air, I found programs like The Cosby Show, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, tons-o-horse programming on RFDtv, and all the cooking shows I could ever dream of. I also hear the Pioneer Woman will have her own cooking show coming at the end of this month. Plus, Texas Aggie Football begins soon, and anyone who knows A-Bass knows, any game he is not front and center attending, he will be watching. All other sports up to this point have been acceptable to keep up with via phone/radio. We all know this is not the case for the A-Bass and the Ags on Kyle Field. I digress again. And did you know there is an entire network dedicated to Westerns!? This tv thing isn't so bad after all. I may even think of it as a necessity like every other American...at some point. I never woulda thunk it.
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