Quote of the Day

Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical
adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back
and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles
in the primeval ooze. You don't have to concentrate. You don't have to
react. You don't have to remember. You don't miss your brain because you don't
need it. Your heart and liver and lungs continue to function normally.
Apart from that, all is peace and quiet. You are in the man's nirvana.
And if some poor nasty minded person comes along and says you look like a
fly on a can of garbage, pay him no mind. He probably hasn't got the price
of a television set. -Raymond Thornton Chandler, writer (1888-1959)


Every time I watch too much tv (ie -- most of my life), I have this exact feeling. "Watching the bubbles in the primeval ooze." Sad, isn't it?