Sometimes I feel guilty about the money I’m spending on cable. Some of what bothers me is I can’t choose the channels I want. To get channels like TLC, Discovery, etc, I have to buy a package that contains other channels I could care less about. But then this past weekend our dish crapped out. We were cable-less for three days while I resolved the problem (ended up being bad coax from dish to receiver). Anyway, I was in withdrawal and realized that I really do appreciate some of the shows I like to watch.

Even though you only get to see what the director (or I guess editor) lets you see, these ‘reality’ shows can be really facinating. Though how real are people being with a camera in their face. Maybe after a while they forget it is there. Anyway, I feel I have learned a lot watching shows like Property Ladder, Flip This (and That) House. Not real estate, but I really like Over-Haulin (I guess because I am restoring an old 1973 Bronco) and other shows about restoring old machinery.

The real estate shows can be really fun to watch. My wife and I will be watching, see something crazy going on and look over at each other wide-eyed.