I keep a journal on an Excel spreadsheet. Sounds a bit geeky, but everyday I list major activities, what I am reading, quotes, what movies I see, great restaurants, the Dow and more pertinent to this entry the major news story of the day.

It is often difficult to find what I would consider a major news story on many days. With 24 hour news it is often the sames stories repeated endlessly with only slightly different peripheral comments. Rarely is any real depth added to the story or event.

We have an exces of media. We need more depth and fewer stories.

This is my Oliner media axiom: 49% of the news is irrelevant, and 49% is factually inacurrate. It is barely worth filtering through the 98% waste to find the 2% that is both relevant and important.

This is how I rationalize the time spent watching Southpark and Family Guy.

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