No News is Good News

Yesterday, I was making a concerted effort to keep all news out of my day. I almost made it. All I had to do was watch the end of CSI: New York and I was off to bed.

It was not to be. The last five minutes was interrupted by the news that Yasser Arafat had died. Not only did they inform the viewer that he had died, they proceeded to run a retrospect on Arafat's life. The damn thing ran for at least five minutes. Not only had I missed the end of CSI: New York, more importantly, I was exposed to a news item. Damn you CBS! Your apology means nothing to me.