
From Where I Sit: Before TV consumed lives
So much for those well-meaning New Year’s resolutions. It’s too cold outdoors to be cross-country skiing or take the dog for a brisk walk. Buddy, my beagle pal, dashes in and out in record time for his potty breaks. I haven’t seen anybody walking in my neighborhood for days. It’s too easy in this inclement weather to escape to mindless surfing the television or Internet. Today’s newspaper had an article on a research report that the average American spends more than 24 hours