I *heart* the digital conversion.

B and I don't have cable TV.  That's right, we live in the stone ages and use rabbit ears on our old TV set.  Enter the digital conversion and we had to purchase one of those converter boxes.  Let me tell you, it has been FANTASTIC!

Because you know what channel we get now?  Channel 032-02.  Universal Sports.  All sports, all the time.  Not sports like NBA basketball or football or heaven help us, golf.  But sports like World Cup skiing and snowboarder-cross and swimming and coverage of the Paralympics and marathons and Ironman triathlons and best of all, bike racing.  

The Giro D'Italia started on Saturday and since then, I've been addicted to the US channel.  It is so fascinating to watch about a hundred cyclists all ride within about twelve inches of each other going around 35 miles per hour.  PLUS, they ride about 125 miles and do this everyday for about three weeks.  PLUS, they have to climb mountains AND then sprint for the finish.  It's incredibly dramatic.  Last night, I was actually nervous at the end and was cheering for some European guy to win.  It's awesome.  They better cover the Tour de France....