Brothabill- your theories are cool and as I said I have many of the same...
but, the TV static one is a bad example as it is more an optical illusion based on how your brain tries to interpret the non-patterned field... something about inhibition between ajoining neurons with similar orientational functions (I did neurobio in undergrad, but I could not find any articles on it)... basically you brain is trying to organize the random patterns from your retinas into something you can recognize... it is basically an induced hallucination...
auditory hallucinations are the most prevalent... in a similar setup- ever in the shower and think you hear something/someone? the static sound field produced creates like a white noise which your brain tries to interpret and instead it "adds in a couple things" to make it more managable....
but keep in mind a hallucination is only a percieved reality - to prove it happened and that you changed reality you would have to record it.... try videotaping (with a camera pointed at the screen and not a recorder) the screen of the tv when you are doing the static experiment - now that would be something to work with....
that said, I am at least intersted to hear about your experiments tomorrow... if in altering reality you can throw me some extra cash, or maybe a 91-93 5.0 mustang GT, I would appreciate, as I am not that advanced to actually pull it off and only know the theory behind all this...
and I drank lots of punch back in the day as well.... LOL... it only tells you things you already know...