Insatiable Appetite for Knowledge

I just can’t get enough of it. I’m addicted, and I admit it, to the quest for knowledge. I’ve always been an avid reader, reading everything that crossed my hands from books to magazines to informational handouts in doctors’ waiting rooms (everything except romance novels, since I never got into those).

I just don’t have the time I would like to devote to reading anymore and have taken up watching the boob tube or reading stuff on the internet, when I have a spare minute or two. I’ve developed a particular taste for channels like Discovery Channel, History Channel, Discovery Health, Animal Planet, and TLC. I can’t believe some of the stuff I’ve learned by watching TV that I never learned in school, things people really should know, everything from the human body to the Universe to World War I and II. It’s just too bad I can no longer afford the Dish Network hookup and will be canceling it in a couple weeks when my contract expires.

I’ve become an avid watcher of programs like Digging for the Truth (and not just because Josh Bernstein is a hottie but because I’m LEARNING something, although he is pretty hot), Cities of the Underground, The Universe (2 thumbs up on this program), Man Moment Machine, History’s Mysteries, Decoding the Past, Modern Marvels, and Mega Disasters among others.

I also get all geeked over shows like How It’s Made, since I love knowing about the inner workings of stuff. I was one of those kids (even though I was not a boy) who loved to tear things apart to see how they worked. Who am I kidding? I’m still one of those kids who loves to tear things apart to see how they work.

Last night I caught a great program on Queen Hatshetsup and the process they went through to determine which mummy was hers, and the quest to find why someone tried to erase her from history. Absolutely fascinating.

Yes, my heart is breaking over all the knowledge I’ll be missing out on when I have to have my Dish disconnected.