Letting the Cable Sleep

We were getting free cable.  And it was 100% legal (and totally sweet).  RCN didn't split their internet and cable signal, so we paid $17 a month for internet and plugged in our TV and got the cable fo' free.  It was a sweet gig.  While it lasted...

But with everything switching to digital, I flipped on the tube a week and a half ago and was greeted by static.  Bye-bye 74 "basic" channels.  El and I aren't big TV watchers, but you really miss something once it is gone.  We both are bummed to not even be able to see any of the Olympics.  But I feel a strange sense of clarity (and frankly, superiority) with a lack of (any) channels.  Maybe I'll read more.  Ellie and I could have more deep, thoughtful conversations.  Maybe this is just the beginning of an awakening of our creative minds, leading us toward a life of new and rich experiences, free of the mind-numbing broadcast tentacles that slowly suck the life from all of us in our comfortable living rooms.

Or maybe I can only live "TV free" until L O S T starts in February...