Last December I convinced my wife to get rid of our satellite tv signal. Ever since we had gotten the DVR action, we’d stopped flipping through channels and only watched specific things – for me, it was mostly documentaries. For her, it was reruns of shows. So we got rid of the satellite subscription, and had no antenna either. 8 months later, I watch about 2-4 hours a week, between movies and documentaries, all of which are readily available from the library system. I love that I get irritated now when I can’t find a good book to read in the house.

btw – I used to be a sports guy, but the more I thought about it, the less I liked it. I’d rather play a sport for fun than watch a bunch of overpaid, overhyped and way over-adulated people. How would things change if people took all the money they spend on buying jerseys and game tickets and used it for personal growth? (reading, hobbies, personal interests, etc) I used to care about who won or who lost and frankly, I don’t know why.