I just looked up what this “Adderall” is all about since they’re fussing about it & saying that it helps kids “cheat” at school.

Via el Wikipedia “Adderall is widely reported to increase alertness, libido, concentration and overall cognitive performance while decreasing user fatigue”.

I didn’t bother to look up the side effects, but man, I’d be lying if I said increased alertness, concentration and overall cognitive performance while *decreasing* user fatigue wasn’t appealing.  (I have 5 children, so my libido is obviously fine.)

And while I’m not into chemicals unless absolutely necessary (and yes, caffeine is a necessary vitamin) I wonder why the ADHD crowd gets to have all the fun.  Maybe some day when I’m locked up in the loony bin I’ll find out first hand.  But until then I’ll stick to my Coca-Cola & Coffee.

Earlier this morning a friend of mine was on CNBC for a few seconds talking about a problem he (and apparently about 30% of owners) has had with his X-Box X-Sux 360.  (Yet another reason I don’t plan on buying one…what kind of “quality assessment” thinks 70% is acceptable?)

Anyway, to my point…

I think CNBC should be considered “Short Attention Span Theater”…I’m about to puke from information overload after watching all of those tickers go by AND the additional news alerts.  No wonder people “need” 65″+ televisions, as this is way too much to take on my “little” OR “big” TV.   And no wonder so many people are diagnosed* as having ADD or AD/HD.

Man am I glad that the kid programs grace my television during the day when it happens to be on.  And luckily the radio hasn’t gone to multi-tasking (yet).

* I’ll leave that rant for another time.