Striking Out

One significant difference between my generation and the one before us deals with television. Our parents grew up with TV - all three channels of it. My generation has had numerous channels for most of our lives. That difference became most apparent to me after spending a week with my parents in Florida. Every night my dad sits in front of the TV with the remote and asks what we like to watch on that night. Monday - CSI? Tuesday - CSI? Wednesday - CSI? Thursday - CSI? Friday - ICS? (a change of pace.) The answer from Chick and myself is always the same - we don't watch network shows.

In September I made an effort to watch some of the new shows on the networks. I like Pushing Daisies and Dirty, Sexy, Money. Bionic Woman was not bad. And I continued to watch Grey's Anatomy and its spinoff - I can't think of the name but it's on after Pushing Daisies. But thanks to the writers strike, I haven't seen any of those shows in quite a while. And I am here to tell you, I don't care. I have over 200 channels including about 30 movie channels. I have a computer that can lead me all around the world. I have a library of books filled with stories that I could read over and over again. Yes, tv shows are easy enjoyment. But they are not important. Or necessary.

So if by some crazy chance anyone that is a television writer or even a network executive steps into the Garden, here's what I have to say - you are not significant. Stop acting as if you are.