I haven't watched the evening news in probably 12 years. I watch news at noon by default because my coworkers put it on the TV but it's lame local crap and they can only squeeze about 3 horrible death and destruction stories before they have to move onto world events and the guy that cooks food from Kroger.
But you aren't obligated to fill your life with such tripe. People dying, getting hurt and doing stupid things is not
news. We as a species have been doing that since we walked upright. So bag it.
Every now and then my coworkers will be talking about something that seems so surreal I have to ask what happened. Then they look at me like I must live under a rock and tell me, I get the story and boom, I'm done. They feel the horror, the shock, the pity, the sadness, the fear.
I just get the story. I like that way.
You can also register for a news service like at
www.my.yahoo.com and set it to show you only certain topics. I have mine set to show me the top ten Reuter's headlines. That's all I need to know what's happening in the world. The rest are Science/ Health/ Sports/ Oddball stories / Philanthropy/ Space/ Investments. I wish they had more topics that weren't mainstream news. But it's still cool.
In the car I only listen to XM satellite radio and my own CDs.
My homepage is set to
HappyNews.com - All The News That's Fun To Print
Jennifer