well alot of famous people died this year: allen ginsberg, william s. burroughs, mother teressa, princess di and now john denver. as for what to read in the newspapers- just go straight to the comics and then dear abby/ ann landers if you need a good laugh. if you have access to the wall street journal, in the market place section they always have an obscure news article in the bottom left-hand corner. randy > almost as much as the rare times i catch 5 minutes of crap on TV. is it > just me, or does the past few months or so seem (especially) terribly > distasteful for the media? > > --nathanael > (a comp.sci. major, for what it's worth) > > >>about and uninterested in current events, or the fact that most people > >>my > >>age get their news from Tabitha, Kurt and their local news. Sigh. > >> > > > >when i say i don't have time to watch the news, i mean i don't have > time > >to watch tv. i don't watch tv. if i did have the time to watch the > >news, i would spend it reading salinger or whitman or hemingway or > >somebody else which would feed my soul a lot more than whatever crappy > >thing happened to people today. i know i should be more informed about > >the world and its goings-on, but i'm really quite wrapped up in other > >things. i guess it comes down to a matter of values, which, while not > >arbitrary, are not constructive fair game for arbitration.--matt > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >