Right now, I should be parked in front of the TV, gearing up for the vice presidential candidate debate between Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

Alas, I am not.

I figure I can read all about it in the morning.

Besides, I'd rather spend this final hour of my night writing this entry, checking e-mail and attempting to hook up a converter box and antenna to my large TV (which is only large because my other TV is so small).

That's right: I'm going to attempt to bridge the centuries with two pieces of technology invented decades apart. And I can't think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening. (Well, I could, but I don't want to go into detail about that here.)