I've been mostly avoiding TV for a couple of years, with more success at some times than others. I avoid it largely because once I start watching, I'm quite likely to just keep watching--it's a major catalyst for procrastination of the highest order.

But I've developed a strategy to deal with TV: moderate abstinence.

With the internet, I have less resistance. Especially while at work, I often distract myself with a quick check in on babble, read my emails, check the newspapers, and whatever other e-dawdling I can come up with, and then whammo!! I've spent half an hour (or more) doing nothing. And it's incredibly easy to "wander off" on the information highway like this, because I'm always working on the computer anyways...It can't be good...

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killing time on the web can be (and should be) an active, participatory thing, but television will always be passive

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You've never seen my Grandma watching "The Price is Right"....nothing passive going on there