Comments on: No News http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/ There's an inverse relationship between how good something is for you and how much fun it is. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-112418 Phillip Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:21:39 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-112418 TV and radio and newspaper have not been a problem. Internet is a bit more difficult. TV and radio and newspaper have not been a problem. Internet is a bit more difficult.

]]> By: rekounas http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-112047 rekounas Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:47:17 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-112047 Pender lives a newless life and look how normal he is. For comedy sake, just tune into Fox News for a week. They crack me up. They will interrupt any program to show you illegal aliens crossing the US/Mexico boarder! WTF? Pender lives a newless life and look how normal he is.

For comedy sake, just tune into Fox News for a week. They crack me up. They will interrupt any program to show you illegal aliens crossing the US/Mexico boarder! WTF?

]]> By: Pender http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111345 Pender Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:07:42 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111345 Whoopty-doo, I live a basically newsless life. I don't see why it would be difficult. I LIKE not knowing about all the fucked up things in the world. Whoopty-doo, I live a basically newsless life. I don’t see why it would be difficult. I LIKE not knowing about all the fucked up things in the world.

]]> By: tommyboy http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111335 tommyboy Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:07:02 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111335 Jesus...i get my news here...you mean there are other sources....this... is... the center of the universe....hey jody...newflash...15 degrees all weekend and sunny...vroom! vroom! the blue beetle beemer of doom is hitting the road.... i am serious..with no tv and the odd snippets from the mothership cbc...this is where i come for my up to date world worthy news.....keep up the good work...i am blissfully unaware....ahhh approaching nirvana...or is it ragnarok.... Jesus…i get my news here…you mean there are other sources….this… is… the center of the universe….hey jody…newflash…15 degrees all weekend and sunny…vroom! vroom! the blue beetle beemer of doom is hitting the road….

i am serious..with no tv and the odd snippets from the mothership cbc…this is where i come for my up to date world worthy news…..keep up the good work…i am blissfully unaware….ahhh approaching nirvana…or is it ragnarok….

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111310 Phillip Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:26:54 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111310 I'm giving it a week. Jenny wakes up to the radio on weekday mornings. But except for those few minutes in the morning, I'm cutting out all news --- all blogs (except this post), all RSS feeds (blogs, news, audio feeds, etc.), all news tv (which I don't really watch anyway), all news radio (CBC), all internet news and newspapers. The only thing I'll do online is check my email and maybe write a short <a href="http://www.mudsongs.org/category/movies-ive-watched/">Movies I've Watched</a> post or two over at Mud Songs. Oh yeah, all chats are out too (i.e., The Whole Wheat Radio chat page). Shit, should I cut out <i>listening</i> WWR too? Hmm... Not that I have much time to listen these days, but I'll think about that one. If I was rafting in the boonies --- shit, why <i>don't</i> I just go rafting in the boonies? --- I could easily cut out everything for a month. But I'm not. So it's a week. I may comment about how it's going here. Or I might just disappear altogether until next week. So long! I’m giving it a week. Jenny wakes up to the radio on weekday mornings. But except for those few minutes in the morning, I’m cutting out all news — all blogs (except this post), all RSS feeds (blogs, news, audio feeds, etc.), all news tv (which I don’t really watch anyway), all news radio (CBC), all internet news and newspapers. The only thing I’ll do online is check my email and maybe write a short Movies I’ve Watched post or two over at Mud Songs. Oh yeah, all chats are out too (i.e., The Whole Wheat Radio chat page). Shit, should I cut out listening WWR too? Hmm… Not that I have much time to listen these days, but I’ll think about that one.

If I was rafting in the boonies — shit, why don’t I just go rafting in the boonies? — I could easily cut out everything for a month. But I’m not. So it’s a week.

I may comment about how it’s going here. Or I might just disappear altogether until next week.

So long!

]]> By: Ashley http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111256 Ashley Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:54:33 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111256 Why not do a month? I was rafting in the boonies when the McDonald's mass murder happened way back when. By the time I was back it was already a piece of history. Terrible things are much easier as history than news. William Gibson called it "media fasting." Why not do a month? I was rafting in the boonies when the McDonald’s mass murder happened way back when. By the time I was back it was already a piece of history. Terrible things are much easier as history than news.

William Gibson called it “media fasting.”

]]> By: Jim Kloss http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111237 Jim Kloss Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:38:38 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111237 Yes! The best thing I did in terms of "daily web checks" was remove the national news sources (Yahoo etc.) TV and radio aren't an issue here. I'll also take mini-information-vacations too where I won't check any feeds or local news sites for a few days. I wish you a renewed sense of life's priorities and an abundance of time to spend in other pursuits or just laying around relaxing like all this technology/modern living promised us. Let us know what happens if you feel like it. Yes! The best thing I did in terms of “daily web checks” was remove the national news sources (Yahoo etc.) TV and radio aren’t an issue here. I’ll also take mini-information-vacations too where I won’t check any feeds or local news sites for a few days.

I wish you a renewed sense of life’s priorities and an abundance of time to spend in other pursuits or just laying around relaxing like all this technology/modern living promised us. Let us know what happens if you feel like it.

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111193 Phillip Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:34:18 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111193 I might have to add "no blogs" to that list as well and ignore all my RSS feeds. I might have to add “no blogs” to that list as well and ignore all my RSS feeds.

]]> By: Jody http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111192 Jody Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:32:18 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/20/no-news/#comment-111192 It will be hard to avoid it on the net. It will be hard to avoid it on the net.

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