Oh, god, no. Let's not start a T.V. thread!
Rahne Kirkham
rahne at mindspring.com
Federal Way, Washington

When asked why she was always so cheerful,
the old woman replied,
"Well, I just wear this world as a loose garment."
----- Original Message -----
From: <MBlanchrd at aol.com>
To: <sanjer at televar.com>
Cc: <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Listen up!


> In a message dated 8/20/99 7:55:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> sanjer at televar.com writes:
>
> << 1---STOP reading and or watching the news but once a week. It
> has been proven that it has a very negative affect on us.
> >>
> Jerry, I stopped watching TV.....any and all.....two years ago. It's the
> smartest thing I ever did. I now have time at night to do things that I
used
> to put off, I don't get so depressed at the shenanigans in the White
House, I
> don't have to put up with milllions of commercials interrupted by some
> insulting and vulgar sitcom. My husband and I read books, we talk to each
> other, we have time now for a lot of things..hobbies, chores, etc.
> SHUT OFF THE TV COMPLETELY!!! Why waste the relatively short amount of
time
> one has on this earth watching a dumb BOX???
> Michelle
>