Hi Julie.... :)

> I never only
> watch TV. I am usually multi-tasking.
> Although when I was sick recently, I did
> watch a couple complete episodes of Rosie
> O'Donnell and Oprah. And this weekend I
> watched a little bit of College Football,
> just doing nothing else. Otherwise I am
> reading, writing a note, combing my
> daughter's hair, doing handiwork, something
> besides watching TV. Plus I watch so little
> of it anyway, the remote becomes a non
> issue.

Julie, actually, I kind of know what you mean (I think)....

I don't really need the remote control.... There's often not much good on anyway.... :)

I do have some friends who purposely don't have a TV. They just don't want a TV in their lives.... It is mostly a big waste of time....

There was a period of around 6 months when I purposefully lived without a TV. I wanted to see what it was like.... It was okay, although I did feel detached from the world since I didn't really know what was going on with the country and the world -- though if I wanted to I could have listened to the news on the radio, or bought a newspaper....

In many ways, though, not having a TV was very peaceful....

But.... yeah, there are very few shows I watch on TV regularly.

I don't have cable TV right now, but I do travel to visit my parents regularly (they live in another city) and they do have cable. When I visit, I enjoy watching the Discovery channel, the National Geographic channel, and the Travel shows....

That's the main good thing about TV, I think, the occasional groovy documentaries.... :)

I figure at least you're learning something.... :)

> Mostly it drives me nuts when my family
> members would have no CLUE what was on, but
> just lie there on the couch for hours on
> end, flipping channels to find yet another
> TV movie to waste a couple hours on. Who has
> that kind of time to invest?

I agree with you Julie.... I can say I've been guilty of this, but I don't feel very satisfied afterwards..... Mostly this is with cable....

I sit there, flipping through the channels, hoping something is good on.... Before you know it half an hour is gone and I still haven't found anything I'm interested in....

That's when I get up and surf the web! :)

Dien Rice
Recovering Channel Flipper (keep the remote away!) :)