I hope everyone is having a safe and fun-filled "TV-Turnoff Week." I'm not sure if this is what they meant, but I can guarantee you that my TV will be turned off at least once a day. You see, I have to have the TV on for baseball games. Then there's the VH1 Classic, which has become a favorite for the dogs during the day while we're at work. The wife can't miss her shows and...
But we'll turn it off, tonight, at bedtime, right after the news or possibly the Letterman monologue. And for next year, I'll read this list of helpful suggestions. I especially like number 3:
Major Judeo-Christian holidays fall during mid-April this year (Passover beginning on the 16th, and Easter falling on the 20th), and many people will use this time to turn off the television and reflect on our world and lives. [I guess this is a little dated, but good advice, huh?]
I truly am all about reflection. Just yesterday I was thinking about a particular episode of Leave It to Beaver. Does that count?
Not to be outdone by the anti-TV folks and perhaps in conjunction with their annual celebration, librarians everywhere are in the midst of National Library Week. It's always a great opportunity to see what the beautiful people are reading. {Link from Rake.}
In the past, I've anxiously awaited the beginning of Library Week. Many of the libraries I've frequented offered amnesty for us overdue books abusers. If only Blockbuster had the same sort of thing.
Speaking of overdue books, I still count one in my collection: The Mirror and the Lamp by M.H. Abrams. It's thirteen years overdue. I'd feel guilty about it, but according to the card still attached, I'm the only person to ever check it out, despite the fact that it went into circulation in the mid-70s.
In case you're wondering, Moby Dick is my favorite novel with Kerouac's Dharma Bums a distant second.