I keep up with current events via Facebook.

It's true.  I am uninformed, uneducated, and uncivilized.  I'd like to blame it on the little kiddos, but it's not their fault.  I've never been one to read the newspaper or watch the news on a regular basis.  Now that my television exposure consists primarily of DVR'd sitcoms, Glee on Netflix, and children's network programs, I miss what little tidbits of current events I used to see when forced to watch commercial television advertising their nightly news programs.  Even in the car I will station hop frantically to avoid breaks in music.  When it comes to current events, if Moose A. Moose and Zee aren't talking about it and my Facebook friends aren't talking about it I am typically blissfully unaware.  And let's be honest, if it's significant enough, Facebook will be talking about it.  I am not completely disconnected.  Every once in a while I will catch some news on MSN.com, when waiting for the weather report on a news channel, etc.  But in general, I am pretty clueless.

Let me elaborate:  Recently there was a Royal Wedding.  I am sure you heard about it.  All I heard from friends and colleagues was how this event was hijacking the media, they didn't hear about anything else.  Blah, blah, blah.  I avoided it.  Almost entirely.  And it's not because I am still denial that I am not as gorgeous at Kate Middleton, or because I haven't totally accepted that I will not be a real life royal princess, or that I am taking Prince William's hair loss harder than he is.  Seriously though, growing up I thought he was sooo dreamy.  The perfect Prince Charming.  And nothing against balding, exactly, but it's a reality check.  When did he get so old?  When did I get so old?

I digress.  The point?  I avoided the wedding hullabaloo until mere hours before the magical wedding.  When, while flipping through channels - most likely to avoid commercials - TLC had a special on.  Charles and Di's wedding.  My not yet two year old daughter caught a glimpse of a real live princess riding in a horse drawn carriage and squealed with joy.  "Princerella!"  We ended up watching the entire 2 hour special and DVRing Wills and Kate's big event as well.  Suckered in!  Had it not been for that I would have avoided it. 
So last night - I was getting ready to head to bed.  One last visit to Facebook.  All of a sudden posts began popping up about Bin Laden's alleged demise.  Could it be real?  I googled it.  I found an article about Bin Laden's death.  Something about an untreated lung condition.  Anti-climactic, but it's an end I suppose.  Then I realized it was dated 2001.  Still more and more statuses kept popping up.  I head to bed and decide to turn to a news channel.  Sure enough tickers abound with claims of his death.  The White House in the background.  Crowds chanting, awaiting Obama's speech.  It is true, they claim.  He is dead.

It's time I face the truth.  I keep up with current events via Facebook.  But you know what?  I am okay with that.  Facebook declared it before any other website I (easily) could find, and I definitely think that's worth mentioning.  Several more posts popped up this morning.  People who discovered hours after me.  Many through Facebook.  I suppose this is just the world we live in.  And, until I can convince Nick Jr. to have a running ticker displaying current events and pop culture news, I will remain clueless.