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Most of us are completely confused as to how spending tax dollars to subsidize TV shows and movies that nobody watches actually helps Canadian culture.

If Lost Girl is something you subsidize, please increase your taxes. Or Continuum.

Almost as good as the New Zealand show This is not my life.

Most of us are completely confused as to how spending tax dollars to subsidize TV shows and movies that nobody watches actually helps Canadian culture.

If Lost Girl is something you subsidize, please increase your taxes. Or Continuum.

Almost as good as the New Zealand show This is not my life.

Webdreams is partially funded through various gov't of Canada film and arts programs.

TV network, might be Canada-only.. idunno. Hmm, yeah. upon further research: http://www.showcase.ca/

VLT's for everyone

Optics by Bubbles.

While you silly Americans are arguing over Janet's boob, Canadians enjoy uncensored television. The only programs that are censored are the ones on US Stations or "pre-bleeped" from the US.

Canada enjoys such wonderful shows as, Trailer Park Boys, KinK, and uncensored Sopranos and Osbournes on broadcast TV.

Silly Americans, when will people stop believing the government is their mom? Put the power in the hands of parents to keep an eye on what their kids are watching. These are the same nutjobs that will ruin the internet for the rest of us. :/

Trailer Park Boys

That said, if there is one thing to fix on TV, I would make the language get fixed. Prime time TV has become a sewer. "I Love Lucy" was (and still is) a funny show without having to have the characters talk like sailors. There are some situations where I understand it (ER does a good job for the most part) but overall I think there is too much cursing on TV. That famous "7 words you can't say on TV" bit (I think it's George Carlin's?), I think I heard that almost all of those words are allowed now.

Putting the shoe on the other foot, I Love Lucy is a horrifying 1950s-stereotype-fest that shouldn't be on prime time either. One local cable channel (Showcase) used to actually have a viewer discretion warning pointing out that accepted standards for personal and professional relationships had changed since the program was made. I first saw it for Wojeck .

In Canada almost anything goes later at night when the kids should be in bed. This is (IMHO) as it should be: we're adults, and can make up our own minds. When (for example) Dominic da Vinci's police pals are working at cleaning up the Downtown East Side, the people they encounter are Not Nice. And they speak accordingly. As it should be.

But when even Trinny and Susannah come with a Coarse Language warning, I start to wonder...

...laura

I've had the same problems and found some decent solutions, over the years. This has helped immensely:

1) Cut.caffeine.cold. This is the worst offender by far, this nice psychotropic drug we geeks commonly overuse. It does a nice job of severely restricting blood to your arms (worsening and/or creating RSI/CTS whichever) and drying up eyes to an insane degree. It also makes you bitter, but that's another story. #1 problem.

2) Minimizing screen reflections, getting a nice anti-screen artifact, helps with viewing

3) Eye Pills. Mighty powerful herb, can clear up to alcoholic level red eye syndrome in 20-30 mns. Your eyes will go bloodshot red to pure white. Guaranteed, plus 100% natural. Take 2-4 pills as needed, 2-3 times a week. Helps improve vision slightly as well. This heals your eyes, not a quick fix solution only.

4) Cod Liver Oil pills. These seal off the moisture in your eyes, helping bringing that healthy white eye look (esp useful in winter with the harsh, cold winds). Use as needed, 2-3 times per week. Make sure you get da pills version, not the bottle one :)

5) Carrots. No kidding, these boost color perception and overall brightness. Makes video games look killer as well (same as eyebrights, minus red cleansing properties). Karrot Top!

6) Avoid Visine eye drops. Avoid all of them. Useless, only designed as a habit forming money wasting scheme. They have harmful agents which do provide temporary relief only to worsen your condition over time, very fast. Ask any doctor. Use "artificial" neutral-tear like drops if you must, I'd suggest using none at all and doing steps 1-5. Say no to eye drops. You don't wanna end up like Jimmy the security guard, trust me.

7) Take a 2 mns eye/wrist break every XX mns (30 mns here). This helps. Focusing on distant object as well to maintain good eyesight (starring at a close object is what worsen myopia).

8) Ocular Rosacae? This is an eye disorder which makes your eyes red, and gritty, all the time. Small % of the pop has this [red tomato face? :) Look this up, it is tied to this].

That's it. I've read up on this, this is the best advice I have. Try it, and tell the world Johnny. You'll see how well this works.

And lasik eye surgery rocks for those still stuck with coke bottles glasses (although they are making a trendy comeback lately)