After the election, what's next?

There will be a severe withdrawal from a lot of people because the campaign is over, the election is over, and all that we have seen and read and watched are coming to an end. Politics will have a rest and we ordinary people who are spectators (and participants, too) to this magnitude of an event will have to return to normal.

So Barack Obama is now the president-elect of United States-- just as I thought, just as I knew, just as I hoped for. What's next? Is my CNN and Fox News viewing has come to finality? Suddenly, these channels seem to be less appealing to me. For weeks, from watching the second presidential debate, I was hooked to watching politics and history unfold. Now, am I back to home decorating, families with up to 18 children, and HBO movies?

Most probably.

The television has indeed made a great service to me. I watched all the grand slam tennis, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the Beijing Olympics, the World Series, and the just concluded presidential election with passion and indescribable enthusiasm. What is wrong with me? Why do I like competition so much?

For sure, I'll be back watching more Noggin with my daughter.