Comments on: Cold Turkey http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Melissa Marsh http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8746 Melissa Marsh Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:03:43 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8746 No t.v. at my house. My daughter watches movies and I'll watch one if I'm completely wiped out. But it amazing how much more time I have now. I only have a precious few hours in the evening before I have to go to bed and get up and do the day job all over again. I can't justify watching t.v. and wasting those hours. No t.v. at my house. My daughter watches movies and I’ll watch one if I’m completely wiped out. But it amazing how much more time I have now. I only have a precious few hours in the evening before I have to go to bed and get up and do the day job all over again. I can’t justify watching t.v. and wasting those hours.

]]> By: nessili http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8706 nessili Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:57:15 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8706 don't much care for the boob-tube myself. Will watch once in a long while, usually some home improvement show or something interesting like Mythbusters. But on the whole I much prefer to be reading and writing. But I had to comment on your once a year garage clean out quip--ever see a show called Clean Sweep? :) don’t much care for the boob-tube myself. Will watch once in a long while, usually some home improvement show or something interesting like Mythbusters. But on the whole I much prefer to be reading and writing.

But I had to comment on your once a year garage clean out quip–ever see a show called Clean Sweep? :)

]]> By: RaeAnne Thayne http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8700 RaeAnne Thayne Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:21:40 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8700 I guess I'm in the minority here but I love good TV :) I'm not into any of the reality shows but I love to watch CSI:NY and Law and Order: SVU for the drama, the dialogue and the characterizations. The best advance in technology in decades is the Tivo/DVR thingie. I can't live without my DVR now! Skip over the commercials, pause live TV, rewind to hear the dialogue I missed, set it to record the few shows I watch regularly to watch them when I want. I adore it! I must admit I don't have lots of time to watch much TV since I write in the evening after my kiddos are in bed. Still, there's nothing I enjoy more than snuggling with my husband on Sunday nights (my night off!) and watching The Office and My Name is Earl. I think I like it for the same reason that's been cited on here about *not* liking TV, because I desperately need those times when I can turn my brain off for awhile and just relax. I guess I'm shallow RaeAnne I guess I’m in the minority here but I love good TV :) I’m not into any of the reality shows but I love to watch CSI:NY and Law and Order: SVU for the drama, the dialogue and the characterizations.

The best advance in technology in decades is the Tivo/DVR thingie. I can’t live without my DVR now! Skip over the commercials, pause live TV, rewind to hear the dialogue I missed, set it to record the few shows I watch regularly to watch them when I want. I adore it!

I must admit I don’t have lots of time to watch much TV since I write in the evening after my kiddos are in bed. Still, there’s nothing I enjoy more than snuggling with my husband on Sunday nights (my night off!) and watching The Office and My Name is Earl.

I think I like it for the same reason that’s been cited on here about *not* liking TV, because I desperately need those times when I can turn my brain off for awhile and just relax.

I guess I’m shallow

RaeAnne

]]> By: Anya http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8692 Anya Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:43:25 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8692 We have one channel that comes in "okay". Never felt the need to get cable or anything. We listen to NPR for news and read it from the Internet. We're quite happy with the situation. :) We have one channel that comes in “okay”. Never felt the need to get cable or anything. We listen to NPR for news and read it from the Internet.

We’re quite happy with the situation. :)

]]> By: Bron http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8691 Bron Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:41:59 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8691 We still have a TV. There are only 5 channels here, and our reception for 3 of them is quite snowy. For the last few years, I've really only watched one or two shows a week, if that. We used to get great British crime series on Friday night, so that was our watching-TV-together time. We watch the occasional DVD, but that's also mostly so that the DH and I do something together. The rest of the time, he's in his study, I'm in mine ;-) We still have a TV. There are only 5 channels here, and our reception for 3 of them is quite snowy. For the last few years, I’ve really only watched one or two shows a week, if that. We used to get great British crime series on Friday night, so that was our watching-TV-together time. We watch the occasional DVD, but that’s also mostly so that the DH and I do something together. The rest of the time, he’s in his study, I’m in mine ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8690 Anonymous Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:41:35 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8690 We still have a TV. There are only 5 channels here, and our reception for 3 of them is quite snowy. For the last few years, I've really only watched one or two shows a week, if that. We used to get great British crime series on Friday night, so that was our watching-TV-together time. We watch the occasional DVD, but that's also mostly so that the DH and I do something together. The rest of the time, he's in his study, I'm in mine ;-) We still have a TV. There are only 5 channels here, and our reception for 3 of them is quite snowy. For the last few years, I’ve really only watched one or two shows a week, if that. We used to get great British crime series on Friday night, so that was our watching-TV-together time. We watch the occasional DVD, but that’s also mostly so that the DH and I do something together. The rest of the time, he’s in his study, I’m in mine ;-)

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8679 Vanessa Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:10:51 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8679 Home-based business. *sigh* Been there, done that, have the t-shirt and glad I'm out. Was far more time-consuming than profitable and a money sponge. I watch a little, but never during the day. I enjoy a few crime shows, Monk (how can you NOT love him?), and Survivor. But you're right about it being nice to have conversations and time at night to do stuff. Since I write during the day, not watching TV at night doesn't really impact my writing, but it does have a nice positive impact on my marriage. Home-based business. *sigh* Been there, done that, have the t-shirt and glad I’m out. Was far more time-consuming than profitable and a money sponge.

I watch a little, but never during the day. I enjoy a few crime shows, Monk (how can you NOT love him?), and Survivor. But you’re right about it being nice to have conversations and time at night to do stuff. Since I write during the day, not watching TV at night doesn’t really impact my writing, but it does have a nice positive impact on my marriage.

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8678 Lynn Raye Harris Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:01:04 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8678 We moved to Europe 8 years ago and the one channel that was in English we couldn't get because we were in a valley that didn't get the signal. We used the TV for movies only and, like you said, found a LOT more time in our lives for other things. :) When we moved to Hawaii 2 years ago, we resisted the urge to get cable. We still only watch DVDs and the occasional news and Letterman. Our TV goes for DAYS without being turned on. I LOVE it. I do waste time on the internet, I must admit, but I still have more time than if I had the TV on. I like the quiet too. Sometimes, I miss the Home & Garden channel or the Food Network. But if I had them, I'd watch them, so I'm glad I don't. I do understand how someone could get ideas and pop-culture references from TV though. I still don't know who Lindsey Lohan is, really. I've only seen Lost because my husband was an extra on a recent episode. :smile: We moved to Europe 8 years ago and the one channel that was in English we couldn’t get because we were in a valley that didn’t get the signal. We used the TV for movies only and, like you said, found a LOT more time in our lives for other things. :)

When we moved to Hawaii 2 years ago, we resisted the urge to get cable. We still only watch DVDs and the occasional news and Letterman. Our TV goes for DAYS without being turned on. I LOVE it. I do waste time on the internet, I must admit, but I still have more time than if I had the TV on. I like the quiet too.

Sometimes, I miss the Home & Garden channel or the Food Network. But if I had them, I’d watch them, so I’m glad I don’t. I do understand how someone could get ideas and pop-culture references from TV though. I still don’t know who Lindsey Lohan is, really. I’ve only seen Lost because my husband was an extra on a recent episode. :smile:

]]> By: shaina http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8677 shaina Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:37:47 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8677 being a teenager, i have to say that it would be insanely hard to go without tv. however, due to the poopiness of my father, i have never had cable, so i guess i'm better than some of my friends. as it is, i watch only House, NCIS, the OC, Grey's Anatomy, and occasionally American Idol or Las Vegas with my parents. and the olympics, i watched those. because not only do all those shows give me stuff to talk about with my friends, sometimes they give me the same escape i normally seek in books--a doorway to another place/time where i can forget about the real stuff going on in my life. an insight into the lives of others. and GREAT entertainment! the only reason i would want cable is to watch some of the shows my friends talk about...but for the average 18-year-old, i think i do pretty darned well at not being sucked in by an electronic device at all hours of the day. most of the time, i'd rather be reading or singing. :razz: being a teenager, i have to say that it would be insanely hard to go without tv. however, due to the poopiness of my father, i have never had cable, so i guess i’m better than some of my friends. as it is, i watch only House, NCIS, the OC, Grey’s Anatomy, and occasionally American Idol or Las Vegas with my parents. and the olympics, i watched those. because not only do all those shows give me stuff to talk about with my friends, sometimes they give me the same escape i normally seek in books–a doorway to another place/time where i can forget about the real stuff going on in my life. an insight into the lives of others. and GREAT entertainment! the only reason i would want cable is to watch some of the shows my friends talk about…but for the average 18-year-old, i think i do pretty darned well at not being sucked in by an electronic device at all hours of the day. most of the time, i’d rather be reading or singing.
:razz:

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/05/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-8676 Cynthia Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:09:35 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=552#comment-8676 TV ... or not TV, that is the question. :wink: Sorry, couldn't resist! As a wife, mother and holder of a full-time day job, I made a decision to use my "tv time" on the computer for writing as of Dec. 2004 ... I've watched the odd episode, the odd bit of television news/political coverage, a little Good Eats or Thirty Minute Meals, maybe. But I've been able to fairly prolific, and I've also found that I can keep plugged in to current events via NPR during the morning/evening commute and a quick scan of the Washington Post on the 'net. And the times that I do take for television are quality ... it's a conscious choice, so I make it count. TV … or not TV, that is the question.

:wink: Sorry, couldn’t resist! As a wife, mother and holder of a full-time day job, I made a decision to use my “tv time” on the computer for writing as of Dec. 2004 … I’ve watched the odd episode, the odd bit of television news/political coverage, a little Good Eats or Thirty Minute Meals, maybe.

But I’ve been able to fairly prolific, and I’ve also found that I can keep plugged in to current events via NPR during the morning/evening commute and a quick scan of the Washington Post on the ‘net. And the times that I do take for television are quality … it’s a conscious choice, so I make it count.

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