Why I Ditched Satellite

For those of you who have been following my Facebook updates, you've noticed that as of Friday, I canceled my Dish Network subscription. Some have expressed quite a bit of surprise at my willingness to do this. How could I, pop-culture freak that I am, unplug myself from the stream of Shiny? Well, I'm about to answer that.

First and foremost, I'm cheap at heart. I hate paying for something that I could get for free, or paying more for something that I could get for less. I really hate paying f...