I woke up this morning at my regular time, 4:30 am, rolled over and turned on the TV. No picture. No sound. What was wrong? The cable was out. We hadn't had a storm. Surely they weren't working on the cable at my building at that time of the morning. No clue, but the cable was out. This totally wrecks my morning routine. I'm used to hearing the latest news at 4:30 am. For a split second I didn't know what to do. Then of course I got up and got moving and just decided I'd get to work a little earlier and get more things done. Part of my morning routine is to check my favorite blogs and see what might have been posted during the evening hours. I also like to check mine to see if anyone has commented, etc. Without even thinking, I turn on the computer after having my breakfast. I return to the computer after making my bed and setting my clothes out and I realize that I will not be able to do any surfing because I have a cable modem and the cable is out. So the world could been falling apart and I wouldn't have known it! No TV and no internet access. This is nuts! So I throw in the towel and get an old set of rabbit ears out and quickly connect them to my TV. Bingo! No world disaster happening. Just the local news and weather. I left the cable turned on on my other TV just in case it came on while I was going about my morning routine. Of course just as I'm leaving for work at a little after 6:00 am, the cable comes back on. Damn! Just figures. But it was nice to know I could rely on the old fashion technology to at least get the local weather.