I had been wrestling with a notion for several months now, and came across an article via Lifehacker that gave it a clear voice. Do subscriptions really save you money?

I took the writers ideas to heart and have dumped DirecTV, Netflix, Gamefly and Rhapsody.

I had found myself mindlessly filling my Netflix que with movies, many that I had already watched just so I would get "my moneys worth" from the service. I would regularly shake my head at the mind numbing array of dreck that was being offered to me via the DirecTV top tier of programing for just a few dollars more than the basic package. I was paying all of these services to fill up places for me, but with stuff I was not using, stuff I didn't really want or need. And there it was, the voice I needed to cut it all loose. Would I listen and act? or go "hmmmmm" and move on my usual path. I acted. 

The tinfoil hat and log cabin kit I ordered are on their way from "Unibombers-R-Us" as we speak, but till they get here, I keep asking myself "Will I be able to keep the hounds off my trail?" Will all my old ways creep back in? Will off air digital TV be satisfiying enough? I think my trusty TiVo! and the internets will help with that one, and If I really want to watch a film at home...Blockbuster is with in walking distance of the house or I can, as the article sugested, rent via online sources and have it delivered directly to my TiVo.

All of this is a big shift in the way I deal with my home entertainment, and of course this philosophy can start to soak into other areas of life, gym memberships and the like. I like radical change, I prefer the fast clean cut in life, jump in with both feet and see what happens... please watch along with me and I'll try to fill you in on how it all goes down.