ABC has an interesting show on right now. Well, maybe it's just winding up. I don't know, 'cause it wasn't interesting enough to hold my interest. Apparently there isn't enough stuff going on right now to make people scared, so they came up with something to act as "fear filler". I can hear the network execs pitching it now... "There's no big storms right now - well, except for Mexico, but who cares about that - no new war, yadda yadda... I say we make a top ten of the worst possible scenarios for mankind." In the minutes that I watched, they covered:

- gamma ray blast of an exploding sun 8 whateverillion light years away, which would kill all life and scald/dry everything, even altering us right down to our cells, making it impossible to get use out of food / drink. What fun! I guess terrorism is SO 2001 now.

- black hole which would suck everything in it. One dude said it would rip your feet off, then legs, etc. Another guy said he thought it would be a cool way to go. Nice. And less friggin' likely than the prvious one, that isn't very likely. Stephen Hawking even said so, but I don't think they wanted to talk to him for more than one question, 'cause they were afraid of making his eyelids tired from talking too much.

- machines that turn against us. An old fear. Possible, like the other ones, but only if we're stupid enough to make something which makes this possible. Some Dollar Store batteries or a pulled plug could fix this imminent catastrophe.

Holy frig what a waste of TV time. Couldn't they have done a feature on something useful? Like the state New Orleans is still in? Or another point of view on the Middle East? Or maybe something positive... like how to do some good and make a difference in/to this world in three easy steps or less. Surely to God, if there can be Seven Minute Abs (maybe even six!), there can be positive and constructive TV. Anyway, the biggest threat to the world is us, not some outside force. We're just too blind, ignorant, and selfish to admit it.