TV Addiction

Opaque and I engaged in a fairly animated discussion on the pros and cons of TV watching. I took up the position that TV watching is okay when done in moderation (as most things that are amoral are such as eating junk food, playing sports video games, washing your car, etc.). Apparently, he's been on a four month TV diet and is really seeing how much of a time waste TV watching is for him. I, on the other hand, do not feel that I have a bad habit when it comes to ingesting boob tube. Getting a DVR about midway through football season last fall completely helped me better manage my TV watching. I use the DVR to record my favorite shows such PTI, the Boondocks, The Wire, and any sporting events I'm interested in watching. I have actually found that I spend less time idly surfing channels because I have specific, tried and true, programs on my DVR that I can turn to when I can't find anything of interest on "live" TV. I've never been a big renter of DVDs, so I guess I think I've convinced myself that I don't have a problem watching too much TV. Now, I do have other ways of wasting time, but at least it's not in front of the "idiot box".