I try to restrain myself and so far have done a pretty good job.
I really am a “news junkie,” though. Can’t help it. I should make one of “dammit dolls!” That might help.
Hey, I can relate to the ‘news junkie’ part!
Way back when I was in college I had a shortwave radio in my dorm room. Had to know what was going on all around the world. (even had a cleaning lady turn me in as a possible spy because she heard foreign sounding things on my short wave...)
Then in the Army, I was in Communications Intelligence. Motto: “The First To Know!”
So from an early age, it was always what’s happening, where, who, how, etc. Even on the computer, I have my homepage as my own Drudge Report type page with all the links to what’s going on, and have FR in one screen and news in another and in the corner I have a TV window going... Gotta know... Then my son-in-law who got back from Iraq in September now works full time at the National Guard Emergency Operations Coordinating Center. And my wife works in telecommunications at the local hospital... So, I have lots of connections... Oh, and even have a crank short wave emergency radio along with AM/FM(grin)
I think the news junkie fits here too.