Can it be done?

This is my 2nd day on no news with the exception of checking on the weather over the internet. Candy, another deaf blogger, said that I wouldn't last two days without any news. So far, so good. This is day two.  I've not peeked at any deaf news. I've not looked for world, national, local or political news. I've not looked at any deaf blogs or YouTube channels. My kids mostly watch cartoons so there's no danger of picking up an errant news that might come within earshot or visual range. When it's my turn to watch tv I go for movies, the History channel and A&E channel for it's American Pickers, Pawn Stars and Storage Wars, for example. Anything that's not related to news. Most of the time on the news is just a lot of a bad stuff. So, it'll be interesting to see what I've missed after a year of no news, especially when you have about 3 1/2 months left til the national election,too. It's one of those "what if" situations that I'm trying to answer for myself which I won't really know until I've actually done the experiment which is what I'm doing now. And I plan to chronicle it along with my other thoughts. I know that with each passing day it'll get easier to get by on no news. Plus, I don't have to worry about reading or watching other deaf people mewling, complaining, and twisting on what I wrote which reminds me of this picture.

If it's really that bad then the answer is obvious. Don't read it. Seriously, that picture does remind me of some people who behave like that.

I guess this is one of the temporary benefit of my experiment and that is not to hear the occasional bawlings from people who don't like what I write or say. Maybe I'll get a boatload of those responses after my year-long experiment is over? Who knows? Maybe more of the a-wordism from the likes of Deaf Pundit? Oh, wait, she made her blog private now which was publicly available for 4 1/2 years since January 2007.  I can't see her blog except perhaps here. I wonder what prompted the decision to make her blog private? Perhaps Candy's own blogging had an effect on her?  I know Deaf Pundit made her blog private sometime after July 5 because that's when Candy wrote her blog piece on character assassination about Deaf Pundit's recklessness which included a link to one of Deaf Pundit's blog piece that was working that day.  Maybe her blogsite is under-going a three week renovation? Maybe she's on three-week vacation? Maybe she's ducking? I don't know. Just a rather curious observation here but I'm sure you're thinking, "Well, you turned off your comments and you're not reading other deaf blogs or vlogs, you're ducking, too!" Not at all. I've already said that doing my experiment on no news, not reading other people bawling comments is one of the benefits of this experiment.  Why must I read their comments or their blogs? Maybe I will after a year has gone by. I'm sure there will be some bloggers or vloggers out there might end up defending me while I'm incommunicado, a self-imposed one that is.

The countdown clock continues. Is it better to ignore news or pay attention to it? Come back to me in about a year and find out. Meanwhile, I'll continue to write what's on my mind. All you can do is read my blog if you wish. I tell you one thing, it's nice not to hear a bunch of bratty, spoiled kids for a change.

ADDENDUM: Well, at least I was essentially correct that the reason Deaf Pundit's is down (i.e. private only) is that there is a new website (i.e renovation).  Although I never said anything about a demise. Just wondered outloud why the shutdown as I gave out a few possibilities as to why. Now I know. I saw the linking to this blog via my Sitemeter page, so that's how I found out.