I have been in the drawn out process of selling my house. In the process, I have been culling my belongings. Last year, “the big stereo” went by-by. I now have a small table top iPod radio. It sounds great and does everything I want. The real TV went away last year and has been temporarily replaced with an old computer serving as a media server (complete with a Hauppauge TV tuner).

I’ve made the tentative decision to not resurrect the media computer once I move. It seems this is not a unique choice …

I have made the decision to go sans boob tube, although some have had odd reactions to such a decision, and that has been one of the more freeing decisions of my life. Once you undertake to reduce the amount of ?stuff? in your life, it?s cleansing.
Source: Chris, The Great Purge at Pensieri di un lunatico minore

a month it has indeed been since I arrived here in Maine, and I have yet to connect the DirecTV tuner I brought out with me up to one of the basic TVs we have up here. All that?s required is a $2 coax cable, but it simply hasn?t been a priority for me.
Source: Stephen, Kill Your Television at tecosystems

I want to use the time lost in front of the TV for a bunch of “personal growth” projects. I have a lot of old 35mm film and slides I want to digitally archive; I want to get more exercise and lose some weight; and I want to learn guitar. Time will tell if any or all of these get accomplished <pondering>.