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I read somewhere that the

Guest — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:57:25 -0500

I read somewhere that the world's best writers are not writing novels - they are in Hollywood writing hour long dramas. Bless them! Karen Morath

hmmm

Guest — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:55:39 -0500

yes, but not your guilty secret anymore! It's all about Jimmy Smits for me! Karen Morath

I do love TV, but I also

Guest — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:38:57 -0500

I do love TV, but I also love the quiet- especially with a good book. I am trying to limit my TV and listen to more music... but Law & Order SVU (God, that Christopher Meloni is sooo sexy!) is one show that I will always watch- no matter how many times I have seen the episode- that is my guilty pleasure. CM

Karen, I was a teacher as

Randie Thomas — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:33:21 -0500

Karen, I was a teacher as well and loved television!! I am a tv junkie in fact and cannot survive without it. There is a tv in almost every room of our house and it is on constantly. I love the evening hour long dramas and the morning talk shows, daytime usually means movies on the premium channels. However, you will always find that box on as background noise if nothing else in our house!

I Have a Secret

Karen Morath — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:01:15 -0500

In classroom exercise this week, we had to share a secret. It made me think. I wasn't sure I had any secrets.

Here's what I came up with: I watch a lot of television.

As a single mother of three children who works a couple of jobs as well as runs a couple of businesses, I figure I probably don't have time for secrets anymore exotic than TV.

Equally true, though, is that I probably shouldn't have time to be a big TV watcher. But I like it. I love the story-telling and the escapism and especially love hour-long character-based shows. An hour somewhere else is seductive.

Without much time for a social life, TV is my escape, my treat, and my indulgence. When I am at home, the TV is on for breakfast shows, then morning chat shows, then Oprah and Doctor Phil — and someone surely has to do something about afternoon programming. Even I don't bother.

My kids and I watch whatever reality/aspirational program is on after dinner and then I watch late-night TV when they're in bed and I am at my desk or flaked and exhausted, on the couch.

Educated people are not supposed to watch as much TV as I do, and we are supposed to restrict our children's viewing. I encourage it. Relaxation and thinking time are healthy when everything else is in check.

I wonder about other single women's secrets. Are there any other closet TV watchers out there?