I'm in the midst of a vacation, one that simply means: I get to hang out at home 40 more hrs a week; more tv. That's not much to say considering - no cable, so network it is. I tried, triiiieedd stomaching the 10:35 Ughfest, that is the Tonight Show/Late Show hour - I got as far as Leno saying, "Didn't bin Laden think before he released his video on the same week of Harry Potter? / Why'd he use a video tape - he should get with it and send a DVD."

And, we wonder WHY the rest of the world hates our Foreign Policy. It's not the government's foreign policy, it's American's. Let's crack jokes about a Major, global, terrorist's with-it-ness over national tv, to millions of Americans. His Faux Pauxness managed the largest mass devastation on home soil that we've seen. It gives us permission to act like it's all a big joke, it's a punchline, it's not really happening - Big Brother/American Idol/Survivor/Dumb Fucking 1/2-scripted blend of Shit- insert-reality-show-here . . . is what's REALLY happening.

You know, because we can see it digitally -- and if we're truly fortunate -- in high definition, everything else is meaningless drivel.