Say night-night to the nightly news

The National Network Evening news that is.

Apparently, since all our news anchor icons are retiring or getting sick, and viewership is down, some experts are thinking that we may be at the end of the eveneing news; that or it's going to radically change.

I don't care if we don't have Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather as the face of our news. Who really watches the news because of the face anyway. Some may choose one station over another for that reason, but they don't decide whether to watch it all or not based off that reason.

Ok, and viewership is down, and while the icons are too, they think this might be a good time to change or do away with it. The reason? Because people don't get their news the same way or at the same time anymore. Internet, 24/7 cable news? Of course, if you have those means, you're going to use them, but I still like to sit down to dinner and watch the evening news. They do it differently

The evenening news may not be good for major stories, but I really like the assignment stories no other news stations don't cover. Those are worth watching. And so are the reports they have on the White House or Congress. They give a more in depth look into things, as opposed to the 6 second soundbytes cnn offers.

Icons or not, I'll still watch the evening news. I like what they bring.

Hard time = Fun times

Ok, so maybe hard times aren't always fun, but when things don't go as planned, and they don't kill you, they can make life a little more lemony.

For instance, I was in a car accident last week. Most people, and somewhat including me, would think of all the trouble this is going to bring (especially when the other dude who was without a doubt at fault, makes up some stupid lie). And yes, it is a hassle, and something you may not want to deal with, but look at the bright side, it threw a wrench in your life, and sent you on a detour. Who likes driving on a straight road all the time anyway. Bumps and curves in the road make things more interesting and give us something to do.

How would life be if it were always groundhogs day? What if everything always went right? We would never grow from tough experiences, and I at least would probably contimplate suicide all the time (ok, not really) because the same thing every day is so boring.

So even though calling the insurance company, taking my truck to the body shop, and having to borrow my friends car to get to work takes time away from my busy hw and fun time schedule, it's something different.

I've never had to deal w/ an insurance company all by myself, and so now I'm learning a little about how things work. Now if I ever get into an another accident, I'll know how things work, and if a friend, spouse or child of mine get's into an accident, I can point them in the right direction.

So it's kinda cool to see how things in life work. The body shop guy uses high tech computer programs to log what's wrong w/ my truck, which leads me to wonder how in the heck they did all this before? As many problems computers have brought, techinically and morally, they can help out a ton as well.

I've also learned that the insurance people you deal with are unexpectedly nonshalant (sp? dictionary.com was NO help on this one. If you know how to spell it, let me know) with you. I feel like I'm chatting with a friend when talking to them; which is kind of nice but at the same time I miss a more stoic customer service approach. I don't know, a mix would be better.

So all in all, so far this has been an alright experience. I'm learning, and I'm glad I am early in life, so if I ever get married, my wife doesn't think I'm a fool. After all, don't most people learn through experience? I don't feel too bad about not knowing things some people think I should.