I can't handle the local news anymore. Just killings, robbings, beatings, etc. Very depressing.

In the mornings, I check ESPN, CNN and sometimes, the Today Show. I also watch Brian Williams on NBC's Nightly News.

Since I moved into the big city and now have Uverse, I have full access to Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, the whole guantlet. Hell, they even have Al Jazeera. The people on Fox and MSNBC definitely have an agenda to push. I actually watch Hardball with Chris Mathews sometimes. He's a likable guy. And I also occasionally watch Bill O'Reilly. But any of those other "personalities" like Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow just seem mad all the time and push their agendas really hard. So I don't watch them. I do like Wolf Blitzer as he seems to ask the hard questions to everybody...doesn't play favorites. And CNN doesn't try to push an agenda...at least, I haven't seen it yet.

I miss sitting down with a good paper and a cup of coffee...maybe a smoke...and casually flipping through the different sections. Usually start with the Front Page, move quickly to the Sports section and then the Comics. If I had time, maybe look at the local Metro section. But nobody puts out good papers anymore. The local rag is just that...a rag.