CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION--

Gosh! Just last fall I concluded 15 years of living blissfully in the woods with but two snowy TV channels to watch compliments of a 15’ antennae dwarfed by 100’ trees. Then along came Dish satellite service with somewhere around 250 channels and comparatively sparkling clarity—about a dozen of which are worth watching.

Sunday, the second stage of my TV technology metamorphosis occurred with the purchase of a 40” Sony flat panel television. That’s yours truly; the apparition in the lower left of the above photo doing a near-sighted gawk at this seemingly theater-sized screen.

And, it is connected to a recently acquired Sony, home theater sound system, complete with wireless surround sound.

When I confessed this latest purchase to the kids, I apologized for the serious abuse of their inheritance.