Recently we decided to cancel our cable TV service. We only had the most basic service anyway. But when I called our service provider, Comcast, to request that the service be discontinued, you’d think we were from outer space, the way the service operator reacted. She kept asking me pointed questions about WHY? Why would anyone ever want to do that? She said she’d never heard of such thing (which I sincerely doubt). Whatever. Michele and I are actually loving this decision. Not only does it save us money, it helps us to raise our kids in an environment where we don’t have to worry about bad content continually popping up during a show we might be watching. Actually I think commercials are the worst part about today’s TV experience. The things they show especially in the evenings are pretty outrageous. And then even during kid shows, the commercials peddling this toy or that gadget for kids are just as horrendous, if for a different reason. I can’t stand the clamoring for “Daddy, I want that,” or “Daddy, PLEASE can we get that toy?!” We’ve had no TV for about three weeks now and so far our family life has managed to not fall apart one iota. Keegan is about the only one who complains about the absence of TV because he got used to watching the daily news in the morning before going to school.