NEWS-LESS-NESS.

For the first time in probably more than three decades, I haven't paid any attention to the news, unless watching one episode of NBC Nightly News counts... and I say it doesn't.

I wish I could say that I've missed it, but I can't. I wish I could say that I feel uninformed, but I don't. I feel serene, not stressed. Of course, it's a good time to turn away from the headlines...there's not much going on.

I'm sure I'll turn back to it as the summer ebbs and the campaign begins in earnest...or has it already? But really, right now? I'm missing the big mouths on cable trying to make hay of nothing. I'm missing the jokemeisters trying to find humor in inactivity.

Just let me watch baseball and Mad Men and Burn Notice and Psych and I'll be a happy guy.