OK, so maybe the last few days before the transition don't require headlines in "Second Coming" sized type, but the closer we get to the end of analog, the more interesting articles I read about how some people just can't seem to get on the stick, how it's going to be a mess, etc. etc. What I'm getting at, when you take this whole thing down to brass tacks, is that the big, bad transition is actually a very simple operation from a viewer's standpoint. I mean, honestly, for under $100, I converted every TV we had as soon as boxes became available last year, and even after building my own antennas (which was actually quite fun), it wasn't a deal breaker. And you can do it, too. I promise. Sure, we did go out this spring and buy an LCD HDTV for the living room (it cost just under $400), but you don't have to go that far unless you really, really want to. A converter box on an old favorite TV -- such as what I have in our bedroom, a 10-year-old Sony