After a summer without cable - a summer of fun in the sun - we're finally going to be pumping cable into this place. This will be the first time in about 10 years that I've actually done this deliberately. I've otherwise tried to intentionally limit my access to the idiot box because I know I lack the self control to do it myself. These days, I've found a better way to sink my teeth into some great TV though. I've gone the "low tech" route to TiVo (if that makes sense). Torrents have been providing me with all the TV I've been craving/missing, and as such I've been very well versed in some fabulous television. Farscape, Firefly and 24 are just a few examples of the shows I've been able to keep current on despite the lack of cable. The problem with that though, is that I'm a little off the pace and it takes a long time to get my hands on a show. Don't get me wrong though - as I've tried to explain, I need to keep TV slightly at bay or it will consume my entire existence. Pop Culture in general fascinates me, but television (good television) holds a lot of answers to the questions people have been asking about who we are and where we're going - at least I think so. I'll get into that later - about the TV being a tool for Socialization and what that might do to you.