My Two New Favorite Men

I have a new favorite television hour. The Comedy Channel double delight of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report (pronounced Colbere Repoire for those not in the know) with Stephen Colbert have in one fell swoop solved an enormous stress-trigger issue for me. Why I didn't give it a try years ago when these shows first premiered is beyond me, and I guess just a symptom of not wanting to step outside my comfort zone to try something new. But really, what these gorgeous men have done for me is really quite something!
One of my biggest stresses is not at all something obvious and on the surface, like too much to do, an annoying relative, or bad work environment. Rather, as is with most people, it is under the surface and is therefore very hard to pinpoint when asked what's wrong. These kinds of stresses don't give us bad hair days or leave us hiding under a desk, but they eat away at our attitude and our health. For me, it is our socio-economic environment. There is so much wrong with the world, so much strife, tragedy, crime, health risk, etc., it is very difficult for me to swallow.
One way I have come to deal with it is by not opening the newspaper or watching the news.
This approach to sanity works pretty well. You'd be surprised how not in the dark you can still be even when closing your eyes and covering your ears. Let's face it, people talk, the Internet is turned on 24/7, and the news stares you in the face while on line for your groceries, too.
Admittedly, this isn't a very functional way to co-exist in society and you do run the risk of getting caught not knowing something important when it really counts. But behold! My new BF's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have come to my rescue!
Now, I know it is comedy, but you'd be surprised just how up-to-the minute their reporting is, and from right here out of New York City! What they do for me is spoon-feed the headlines of the day and week and instead of letting it sucker punch you with "here's more dramatic bad news" as the anchors of nightly network news may be apt to add drama to, these boys have a real knack for not letting me take it too seriously. Theirs is a light-hearted approach that empowers their watchers to feel above the riff-raff of what goes on in our government rather than feel helpless and victimized by it. Plus, they really make you laugh out loud!
You can catch the repeats three times per day, so whether you're around during the day, watching primetime, or are a late-niter, you'll be able to experience the pleasure of catching up on the world while having a lot of fun. Try it!