I've come to the decision that AT&T is evil.

I cancelled my service with them on April 23, determined to give up tv cold turkey. And I did a good job that first week, too. Then I turned it on after the weekend, just to make sure that it had, in fact, been turned off.

I still had cable.

I tried to stay away. I taped shows, to give myself and others the impression that I wasn't actually watching tv. I told myself over and over that I didn't really need it, that there were other things I could do with my time. But it was always there. They told me they'd turn it off one of these days, but they couldn't give me a firm date on when that would happen. I started to get used to having it all the time. I even started planning my evenings around it again.

And just when I had finally given in and decided that I'd watch Ed and West Wing while I ate my dinner last night ... they turned it off. Yes, I came home to a blue screen last night.

... And then I called two of my best friends in the world and spent all that cable money I was saving on long distance phone calls instead (and yes, I think my long distance provider is the same as my erstwhile cable company).

I guess it turned out ok.