Drinking coffee, this morning, which I am know to do, in large quantities, and (in exactly this order) waking up which arduously follows, I sit each morning, and flip between the multitude of news channels, and mainline the information from CNBC, CNN, Fox News, ESPN (for AZ sports fans, this is never good news) and start each day and the local news networks, force feeding me the information I thought I ‘need' to be prepared for a day out in the real world.
Most mornings bright and early, it's just me and my loyal (I say this because he always agrees with me) Jack Russell Terrier, Riley, listening to the well dressed and perfectly coiffed news anchor's report on the state of affairs, social , political and otherwise.
However, this morning, when I trudged to kitchen for coffee and sat in front of the television for my daily dose of must-have news, my shall we say, better half, was watching what I call a pseudo-news program like Today or Good Morning America. (and I might add she seemed to be happy)
I silently, (because I don't talk until I have had my first cup of coffee) took the remote in turned to "My" news channels and we watched together for a few minutes until she stood up and said, ,I don't know how you watch this stuff? It's depressing! This is no way to start (or finish) a Day!! And I said, defiantly, "what do you mean??" (probably not the smartest question, because she told me what she meant) Listen to what we had watched and heard, - oil prices at Record Highs, Home prices Plummet, Foreclosures up, stock market drops, Inflation is up, economy is in a recession, McCain is bad for economy, Barak Obama is bad for economy, and Hilary is bad for economy, something about Brittany Spears and my beloved AZ Diamondbacks lose again, ... all in a span of 10 minutes.
Again, I was quiet (mostly due the coffee not having time to work) and thought for few minutes, asked Riley what he thought , he also was quiet, (probably had not had his coffee yet either) and realized that , yes, I can admit it (of course, not to her, and she doesn't read my blog J ) that there may be something to these news channels seems to relish itself to try and quash any glimmer of good new; plenty of which I strongly believe we have plenty.
So I made a commitment to Quit the morning news for 30 days and start the day with coffee (I am only so strong) and a walk and good talk with Riley. Stay tuned. I will let you know how it goes. But so far I feel great
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