> Sure, i'd love to have a TV and just watch a few shows, like the discovery channel and the learning channel and Futurama, The Simpsons, Malcom in the middle, and the movie channel. but I know I would get addicted and watch it all the time. Also you can't just pick out channels you would like to get, you get the whole package.

Ah, but wouldn't that be nice! I could keep PBS, ESPN, ESPN2, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, CNN, CNN Headline, and a few others and junk all of those fund-raising preachers, $19.95 plus S&H junk, exercise programs, bad music videos, and all that other stuff I never watch. I could hop through my whole lineup in half the time and save wear and tear on my clicker. But alas, this is an imperfect world.

Second thought: If the phone company can charge me extra to NOT list my name in the book, why can't I pay the cable TV people extra to NOT send junk TV into my home? Might be worth it.
Howard