Just a quick new blog to say that my current vice is watching Current TV while folding socks on Sundays.  You all have probably known about it for awhile since it has been around since 2005, but I just recently ran across it in my attempt to distract myself from sock matching.   I like it because it is almost totally viewer created content, with a huge variety of topics.  This morning I learned what it’s like to have a mom with cancer, found out what waterboarding was (yikes), and watched as several young Katrina survivors told stories about how life is for them now.  They also have viewers doing music and movie reviews, current google search trends, and random statistics about things like the 5 lowest paying jobs in America.  I guess it is sort of like CBS Sunday Morning for the 21st century junkie.  No story lasts more than a few minutes, which I suppose reflects the attention span of the current audience.  I do wonder who filters the content though…it’s privately funded cable, and they say on their website that Al Gore is somehow involved in it.  So I guess if you have issues with that, you might not want to watch…otherwise, take a look.  I have already gotten a few ideas that will somehow reflect into my teaching I am sure.  Hmm..Branson Elementary Current podcast perhaps?