That is what I am doing. I am going out for a steak at the tavern.
My most self-involved friend, who never watches the news, wants to go out for dinner. She wants me to help her decide which promotion to take in her job, and complain about her dad deciding to paint her house, and choosing the colors without asking her. She asked me what I did today, and I said, "well, I watched the news all day and had a lot of tears well up seeing all those images again." She said... "Tears? What happened today? I haven't watched the news..."
Remember the part about the Rangers in LoTR, long guarding the innocent folk of the Shire, who go about their daily lives, completely heedless of the outside world. And the Rangers didn't mind. They were relentlessly guarding the heedless from ever having know all the evils of the world.
My friend is America's Shire.
See you all later! 