the domestic zoo » television http://thedomesticzoo.com Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:31:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 buh-bye, boob tube http://thedomesticzoo.com/2010/03/15/buh-bye-boob-tube/ http://thedomesticzoo.com/2010/03/15/buh-bye-boob-tube/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:26:15 +0000 emily http://thedomesticzoo.com/?p=4874 Broadcast TV was a great choice when a> there weren’t a lot of other options and b> when everyone else was watching the same thing, so you needed to see it to be educated.

Now, though, you could:

* Run a little store on eBay
* Write a daily blog
* Write a novel
* Start an online community about your favorite passion
* Go to meetups in your town
* Volunteer to tutor a kid, in person or online
* Learn a new language, verbal or programming
* Write hand written thank you notes each evening to people who helped you out or did a good job
* Produce small films and publish them online
* Listen to the one thousand most important operas
* Read a book or two every evening
* Play a game a Scrabble with your family

None of them are perfect. Each of them are better than TV.

- Seth’s Blog

We’re still watching movies and a handful of very select shows on Hulu, but as of today, we are officially a TV-free household. And I think we’re all looking forward to it.

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]]> http://thedomesticzoo.com/2010/02/14/valentine/feed/ 0 true dat http://thedomesticzoo.com/2010/02/08/true-dat/ http://thedomesticzoo.com/2010/02/08/true-dat/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:28:52 +0000 emily http://thedomesticzoo.com/?p=4792 “I just don’t understand how spending time with women has become such a soul-crushing burden for men. TiVo the damn game and watch your lady try on clothes for an hour. Who knows? You might even get to see her naked and stuff.”

The highs and lows of this year’s Super Bowl ads (AVClub.com)

“I’m sensing an anxious masculinity theme for the Superbowl commercials this year. I mean, we get it, dudes: You’re worried about being castrated by lavender scented candles and shopping with your lady friend. Go kill something, quick! And for the love of god, stop being nice to your girlfriend.”

Superbowl Sexism: Spineless, skirtless edition (Feministing.com)

Plus…

What Super Bowl Commercials Say About You

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