I went to the gym tonight, about an hour after dinner. It was cold and windy out as I jogged the three long city blocks there. I am liking this whole going to the gym at night thing. My old gym was across the street from my office, and believe it or not that really restricted the times I could actually go. I mean, who wants to go all the way down to the office at 8pm? Not I.

I listened to my ipod and cycled on the elliptical trainer, zoning out and watching the silent tvs suspended from the ceiling. I don’t watch a lot of tv these days, except for a few select shows I like and baseball. Does it make me sound like an old lady when I say I can’t believe the garbage on television these days? Damn kids. On my left was ABC, with some piece of junk called “All American Girl,” which is some kind of beauty pageant. Yeah. Progressive. On my right was FOX, showing something called “The Pulse,” which I think is a newsmagazine? It makes “Hard Copy” look like the “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.” One of their “stories” was all about how teenagers take risks and like to do stupid dangerous things. Wow that’s groundbreaking stuff. Someone give them a Pulitzer!

The most unintentionally hilarious sequence was when they were interviewing some dumb kid, asking him why he liked to do idiotic dangerous stunts. He replied that people like watching pain, that people are entertained by watching other people get hurt, as long as they walk away. The interviewer expressed shock, replying “do you hear what you’re saying?” They then follow this with five more minutes of videotape of people falling off of rooftops. I think the word “irony” is forbidden at FOX.

Anyway. I stretched and went home. The moon is big and full and yellow. Here are some lists:

Four Favorite Baseball Teams, in order: