Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for May 18, 2002

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling "Flowers for Trinitron" May 16. In the middle of N.Y.P.D. Blue, cable goes out. There is bad reseption where I live, so I go to bed early. May 17. Cable still out. Woke up better rested than usual. Great day at work, then met a friend and then brought home some magazines. May 18. Cable still out. I feel great, though. I went jogging after work and then went to the library to get some books. Began reading. May 19. After dinner with some friends I hadn't seen in a while, I finished reading East of Eden. I spent the rest of the evening contemplating humanity's inherent nature. Cable still out. May 20. I began volunteering at a homeless shelter. I met another volunteer there, Jill, who seems very nice. Cable still out. May 21. I'm sending out resumes in an attempt to escape my current dreary employment. I finished Chapter 3 of the novel I've started writing, and my first date with Jill was delightful. Cable still out. May 22. I feel as though a fog has been lifted and I'm living for the first time! I never realized that television was such an insidiously stifling presence... Al: DEMON BOX! THIEF OF TIME! I FORSAKE YOU! Al: FAREWELL FOREVER, PURVEYOR OF INANITY! FZZZ... Television: ...I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat. May 23. Big day! On Home Improovment. Al almost took a job in annother city, but tHen hE didn't.