Driving with the Stereo Turned Off & the Future Of Television

Last Saturday I came to my car after parking it overnight on a side street off Hennepen in Minneapolis. The doors where unlocked and the passenger door was open ajar. My car console was ripped out and clutter was all over my car. Given my car was messy before, but now the mess was not in the order I had left it. My car stereo was gone. I'm not sure what was going on in my head when it happened. I think my first thought was very odd. I almost felt commended.
As if I had joined an exclusive club of people who had been the victims of car theft. When you listen to people tell you their car had been broken into recently, your usual response is oh man I'm sorry, that really sucks. You try to have remorse for them, but you don't know how to help them, because you really can't. So going through it yourself gives you a better realization of their story.

I called the Minneapolis Police and made a report. The officer on duty was extremely nice and optimistic about the whole situation. I know the Minneapolis Police get a lot of crap and rightly so in some cases, but in this case my hat goes off to that officer. So for the past couple of days I've been driving around with out a car stereo. It was very hard at first. I always have something playing while I drive. I need some sort of noise or human voice to keep me company while I drive, even if I'm driving with someone the car stereo is on, maybe muted a bit, but on. So to get to my point, I've been weaned off the car radio, and now, now I enjoy the quiet or sounds of the road.

Perhaps my brain is only capable of doing two things at once. Because now without listening to the car radio, I began to think about things while I'm driving. Not that I couldn't think prior with music, I'm only Mildly Retarded (medically proven),but I've been thinking with deeper thoughts. I also am able to hear my car engine. Which shows how loud I usually listen. That brings up another point. Have you ever gotten into your car and turned it on with the radio so loud you where like what the hell, how was I ever listening to this that loud? Anyways, if you where like me, try turning your car stereo off for a bit. Take in the drive. Relax and think about other things, like the jackass infront of you going 45 in the left hand lane on i94.

The Future of Television
I read this article online a couple of weeks ago. I recently read it again in an old News Week. Conan O'Brien gives his insight on the future of television. Very funny and thought provoking

Meanwhile, computers will continue to be used more and more to watch digital streaming video, eventually turning them into televisions. With no computers available to solve complex math problems, people will have no choice but to return to the abacus. Within a few months, this ancient device will be abandoned when it's realized that there is no good way to make "abacus porn."

- Article: The Future of Television: By Conan O'Brien