I loved your article.  We don&#39;t have cable either, for the exact same reason.  We don&#39;t even have a fancy flat screen TV because it would just end up be an expensive piece of furniture.  Our three year old doesn&#39;t let us sit still long enough to watch a whole show, and we would stay up all night losing valuable sleep watching TV without him.  Three cheers for the converter box- we get 23 channels with an antenna in our attic!