Have reached what I call the "halfway point" in surgery, where you first feel better than before you went in, but still not up to normal. Not using the painkillers anymore.

Located a couple of great nature specials I taped earlier, "Walking With Prehistoric Animals" and part of "Blue World." That's what I'm watching. Great stuff. "Blue World" should be out on DVD soon.

You're right: too much TV news can make you psycho. A couple of years back, one of the cable stations assigned to a local university used to routinely broadcast the NASA channel. Not anymore. I really miss it--the computer link just isn't as good.