Sci Fi Channel saves the world - by encouraging you to watch TV

Sci Fi Channel came out with a blitheringly idiotic list the other day, which they tip with the title: SCI FI's Visions For Tomorrow "Top Things To Read, Watch, And Do To Save The World."

TOP 10 BOOKS TO READ

1984 by George Orwell
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
The Stand by Stephen King
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

TOP 10 TELEVISION SHOWS TO WATCH

Firefly
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
The X-Files
Heroes
Stargate: SG-1
Doctor Who
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Babylon 5
Star Trek
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

TOP 10 FILMS TO WATCH

Blade Runner (1982)
The Matrix (1999)
The Terminator (1984)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Children of Men (2006)
Armageddon (1998)

TOP 10 THINGS TO DO

Read.
Recycle.
Register to vote! Cast your ballot in November.
Eat healthier.
Be kind.
Empower children and yourself through education.
Protect wildlife.
Conserve energy by switching to compact fluorescent light (CFLs).
Plant a tree and print less paper.
Give blood.

Not sure how watching "Star Gate SG-1" or "Armageddon" will help save the world, but have at it. It's a lot easier than to "Be kind:" That's so vague - to whom? Polluters? Blackwater executives?

But congratulations - by reading this blog, you are actually helping to save the world.