The Author Guy Blog by Larry B. Gildersleeve

19th April 2024

Hello out there,

Welcome back. I hope everyone made the applicable income tax filing deadlines for last year’s endeavors, and that in return, the IRS was exceeding kind and understanding toward you.

It was about this time, two years ago in April 2022, that I stopped watching television. I metaphorically “cut the cord” if you will when our cable/internet service reached $265/month and I couldn’t satisfy in my own mind a favorable cost/benefit assessment. So, when we moved into a fully renovated, mid-century Leave it to Beaver home, we only signed up for internet connectivity. We watched old television shows, and both old and new movies, on DVD, as well as read – books, newspapers, magazines.

Cable proved to be a more difficult addiction for my bride of thirty-two years to escape, and slowly, over time, subscription streaming services were added. Now we have more viewing options than ever before, at about half the cost, but still I can be found elsewhere in the house come evening hours after supper. Not a criticism of my best friend, just different choices.

In the hours before bedtime, I’ll either read books or surf You Tube since I awakened to the reality during the past cable-free two years that it’s a phenomenal entertainment and research search engine unlike Google, Bing, or my favorite – Duck Duck Go.

Am I a hundred percent satisfied with my decision? No. More about that next time.

Until next week … Vaya con Dios

Larry B. Gildersleeve