What is with the obsession with television???
Whether it's reality TV (who's reality is it anyway?), sitcoms (I don't think they make them anymore) or drama TV (Lost: are they dead? Is it purgatory? Is it a dream? Who cares???), most Americans have stronger relationships with their televisions than they do their friends and family.
They call it a "boob tube" for a reason people!
Occasionally, I'll watch a little TV. I try to catch Grey's Anatomy on Thursdays and once in a while, I'll flip through the 170 channels to find an episode of House or Law and Order. But I don't religiously plop myself down every night after work and indulge in a constant barrage of mindless messages and lame storylines.
Mindless entertainment is good sometimes. It helps turn your brain off and get away from reality for a while. But every night, all the time... it's a little much. Eventually, your brain will turn off - and never turn back on.
If your DVR is full because you just can't miss any episode of "Next Top Model" or "Tabitha," you need to get a hobby. If you tell your friends you can't go out because "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" is on, you might want to take a closer look at your life.
Read, play a game, call a friend... anything but take a break from staring at the brain cell sucking box with pretty pictures.
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