Thank you Mudlark! I get a bit tired of hearing the "vast wasteland" bullshit. There are an awful lot of good programs on the alternative channels. If you're an information junkie you will be in hog heaven. There is an entire series right now that is listening to and discussing LBJ's White House tapes, if that winds your watch. There are a load of fine shows about people and places and their histories.

None of this stops someone from reading books and newspapers ferchrissakes. but the sheer volume of info and pictures is fodder for thought.

And frankly, the damn thing can be entertaining as well. Some of the new kids stuff and cartoons, while not replacing a parent, beats the living shit out of Bugs. I'm a cretin who thinks there are a few other things in life besides music and yeah, I love all the sports programming I have access to. This is especially good if you don't care much about the popular sports and would prefer yacht racing....it's on there! The premium movie channels are good at showing both old and new movies and though many of them are pretty poor, there are those gems that come along....and I don't go to theatres.

I am sorry that so many of y'all view those of us with catholic tastes as lowbrow dimwits not fit to occupy the same fuckin' planet as you, but pucker up and kiss my ass.

Spaw