People love watching TV partly because it s one of the few things they can do without moving a single muscle. In contrast, reading a book involves the burdensome task of turning pages. For many people, that s way too much exercise. You re always relieved when your spouse falls asleep, because you can finally change the channel. He s hot.
Television is like a drug.
You turn it on at 6 p.m. and before you know it, it s midnight and time to go to bed. We managed to get through another day without talking to the kids. Melvin Durai is a Shippensburg, PA based writer and humorist. A native of India, he grew up in Zambia and moved to the U.S. in the early 1980s.