I've gone over 24 hours without tv

Our satellite receiver died and I'm waiting for a new one to be delivered. Of course it happened on a weekend and I live in the sticks and can't get television reception without my satellite. So we're stuck (?) without tv.

You know something...it isn't all that bad. I check in LBN for the news, I'm reading "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown, plus I'm knitting a sweater. All things that are best done without a tv blaring.

As long as we're back up and working by Wednesday for the West Wing.

I can't afford it. Know what? It's great. I know more about the world than the people who watch TV.

Screw TV. It's heroin for people who don't like needles.

A gazillion stations and still nothing on.

I used to live in the sticks(North Lovell,Maine)and until we got a dish we got two Portland channels,both very fuzzy. We watched lots of videos. Sometimes it's good to be reminded that there's a lot more to do than watch TV:)

I used to ski at Evergreen Valley all the time...until it closed. :(

It's great. You don't need TV as long as you have internet access. Anything that you MUST SEE is webcast now.

But he's surviving, too.

couldn't resist

Interesting book...I heard Dan Brown say in an interview that he's now working on a book with a similar "secret art history" theme about Washington, DC.

Edit: BTW, I'm from Maine, too. I think there a lot of us on DU. :toast:

This book sounds interesting, and I'm looking for just the right book for an upcoming trip.

I was a little afraid that this book might turn out to be one of those "left behind" kind of books which exists to further a certain religious worldview... any comments on it would be appreciated.

Synopses & Reviews

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=8-0671027360-0

Publisher Comments:

An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target.

ANGELS&DEMONS
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

The best benefit is less stress caused by all the commercial taunts and fear mongering.

Low stress is good.

Don't just put the thing in your closet.

Get your TV out of your house. You will have more peace.

Oh... and don't replace the internet for the TV.

My two TV vices - The West Wing and Monk - are recent and the product of a friend who tapes them for me.

I watch about once a month when he brings about 20 of the Bravo West Wings and 4 or 5 Monks over. It's an all night, Political junkies at Politicat's house thing, but it's a blast.

And the rest of the time....

The web. NPR. KGNU. Books. Books. Books. Books. Books on tape. Ebooks. (I love books.)

No glass teat for me, thanks. I gave it up for lint.

Politicat

Have I missed anything?