is this what it will be like?

this morning i get out of bed and start the morning routine.

as i pass through the living room, i hunt for the remote and turn on the tv - switch it to channel 205 - fox news. without paying much attention to what is actually on the tv, i go into the kitchen to start the coffee.

i pass back through the living room, still not paying much attention to the tv, as i generally let it run for an hour or so and then i will go back and do a rewind so i can spin through the commercials.

i go into the office and crank up the computers and check that the podcasts downloaded and/or start the podcasts for download and/or copy the podcasts to the mp3 players for the malemate and myself. i also do a check on a few newsy websites to see what happened to the world overnight.

then i go back to the living room to rewind fox news and catch up with that. however, i get into the living room and there is some couple sitting at a table on the screen - not the fox & friends - and they are blabbing in some foreign language - even the ticker at the bottom of the screen is in some foreign language. i change a channel up and down and realize that it is only fox news that has been affected by the "hack."

i called 'the dish' and waited, and waited, and waited on hold. finally a foreign accent gal comes on the line to tell me that they have had several calls regarding this and not to worry.

i said: "not worry? it appears you have been hacked by some middle eastern and you say not worry?"

she says: "oh this is not any form of terrorist act."

me: "uh? and how can you be so certain of that?"

i hung up and did a little search on the net - and apparently this is not the first time that this has happened to the dish broadcast of fox network.

screw spanish - seems i need to learn farsi just to live in this country.

now the enemy has the power to take over the satellite broadcasts? scary shit indeed.