Watch Cable, Learn Stuff

There is a strong belief that comes to light especially in the idle days of summer, and that is the idea that television numbs the mind and wastes precious hours. I would like to offer another perspective.

As you know, I have had access to cable for the past two weeks in our temporary digs, and I have taken full advantage of this opportunity to increase my knowledge on many subjects. Here is what I would not have known if it weren't for the tube:

A pencil skirt is a must-have in any working woman's wardrobe.

You can't get an epidural if you arrive at the hospital already dilated past a certain point.

It is a big deal that Victoria Beckham is moving to L.A.

Natural births are overrated. Drugs are good.

There are at least three new Sonic commercials out.

Christian Slater is one of the forty sexiest people in the entire world.

Most people who pluck their own eyebrows are doing it wrong.

Kate Hudson's brother Wyatt plays hockey for a team in Vancouver.

The proper way of using an eyelash curler is to squeeze it close to your eyelid, pump once, pull out a little, pump again, and pump a third time on the very tip of the lashes.

Joe Kennedy was exceedingly ambitious.

The Oreo was not the first chocolate and cream sandwich cookie introduced in the U.S.

One expert believes that J.K. Rowling is going to kill off Fred and George Weasley in the final book. Another predicts that Harry will die.


Fascinating facts like that, my friends, are what you won't read in your local paper.