My technology-adept hands were tied. It was going to be all right, though. The program was simply a bit more difficult than I had anticipated. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I then changed the name of the weekend program from the quiet life to purification by pain.
Buddhist monks employ similar methods in their ascetic search for nirvana.
Denied the most basic rights , television and computing among them, I turned to more humanistic pursuits. These pastimes were to include good conversation and great literature. I called my friends on the telephone in order to have a good talk. This began in a most inauspicious manner, as I had to rely on a modern telephone. My friends did not want to talk but rather wanted to watch a movie.