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Brian, I enjoyed your post about television. I agree with your idea that television is often over consuming the lives of many Americans when they could be out doing things to benefit their families and society as a whole. You mentioned how the average American spends about 3 hours a day watching television. When I think about it, that's a lot of time to be sitting and watching other people when you could be doing something more productive. I actually used to watch a lot of T.V when I was younger, but I'm so busy with school and work now, I hardly ever have time to watch television. But what I do enjoy about t.v. is that it is a good way for me to relax and take my mind off things; however, now that I don't have much time to watch t.v. I enjoy that even better because I feel much more productive. You discussed how you do not watch regular television at all in your house, except to watch an occasional movie. You have also never seen one episode of the OC, Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, or 24. Although, you explained how you did actually watch an episode of American Idol at a friend's house, which turned "normal t.v. viewing into a social occasion." I think that this is such a great idea. I think that television viewing would be so much more entertaining and enjoyable if everyone turned it into a social occasion, just watching t.v. on special occasions with friends and family. I like how you have your kids play computer games for entertainment instead of watching television. And I agree with you, even though playing computer games may not be thought of as very productive either, at least they are required to have thought and interaction to play these games. I do feel that many Americans should stop watching so much t.v., but I don't feel it necessary to give up regular t.v. viewing altogether; just enough so that it is not how a person spends all of their free time when, like you said, they could be doing something good for society and spending quality time with family instead. I look forward to read your future posts.