OD on TV

[lurkitty]

I awoke this AM from a nightmare where a man was convinced his local police were so stupid they couldn't catch him as he shot people at the local post office from his front window. Yuck. I can only ascribe this dream to watching some 6 or 7 hours of TV yesterday. I barely turned the damnthing on for the three weeks T was gone. Now we're clearing the DVR of all the shows he saved. Three of them had plotlines about snipers.

Gah! Is my head digesting the Thich Nhat Hanh I've been reading? He is a Vietnamese Buddhist Monk who has some wonderful stiff to say about happiness and mindfulness. I just got to the part in his "Heart of the Buddha's Teaching" where it talks about whether the TV shows we watch are helping or hindering our freedom...