No News Is Good News

One of the greatest thing about the vacations I have taken this summer is I did not watch any TV or read any newspapers and thus missed all the news that was happening in the world. Well, not exactly all the news. I still had Mr. Information, Russ Lange in Spain who let me know about the most important stuff like Brexit. Outside of him giving me the edited version I was fairly protected.
In Maine, not only did I not see a TV or newspaper, I did not even hear a radio or look at news on Facebook. Now that was a real vacation. None of my time or mind was taken up with unimportant information that I could do nothing about. I had no anxiety about the presidential race, which I don’t need since I already know who I am not voting for.  
Since I have been home I have not turned on the TV. I have continued my no news life and am quite enjoying it. When I was on my way home Russ mentioned that downtown Durham was taken over by Pokemon Go. Amazingly I had no idea what that was by just being out of touch for one week. How can something so new take over so quickly? Don’t answer that, I don’t want to know.
I am wondering how long I can go with this news moratorium. The only current event I looked at was on Weather Bug. Everything I needed to know about how to dress for or plan for a day I got from that one app. No superfluous data came into play. No celebrity gossip, no deals or steals hawking products I don’t know about and therefore don’t need, no super models making me feel inferior, no holy wars that make the world sound as if it is going to end tomorrow even though they have been going on for centuries, no misunderstandings blown out of proportion, nothing.
I know that at some point I need to reenter the world, but I am not sure why so I am in no hurry. I am happy just to play my game on my I-Pad and keep the room silent and free of talking heads, who are just too biased to listen to. If there were a puppy channel I might consider watching that, but that is as confrontational as I want to get. For now I am still on vacation.  
Yes, an old movie star may pass away and I won’t know about until the In Memoriam section of the Academy Awards, but I am willing to take that chance. I am also decreasing my chances for winning a trivia contest by not watching the news diligently everyday, but since I make no money at that kind of thing it is fine I forgo winning. I am embracing ignorance as a truly blissful state. I can only do this while Carter is away at camp because it is ultimately very irresponsible of me, but as long as she is gone I think I am safe.