Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Educational T.V.


"I find television very educating. Every time someone turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book!" ---Groucho Marx; in variant wordings throughout the 1950s

This blog, in its current updating, has been on a mission to track down sources of quotes more exactly.  This was as exact of a source as I could find for this quote.  

This blog has undergone a facelift to bring it into the more modern era of blogging expectations, especially as outlined by our dominant search engine.  Things have certainly changed in the years since Blogspot blogs started up, as noted by an update to my oldest surviving post on this blog.  

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

None of the people I live with own a T.V., and I don't either. I find myself mesmorized by them for some reason. For example, when I'm in a restaurant with my friends and there's a T.V. in the room, I find it really hard to concentrate and have a conversation . . . my eyes keep glancing up at the ever-changing bright screen. Curses be on that plastic box (haha).

Joyce said...

Saw your comment over on Fake Plastic Fish. Sounds like we have a lot in common! I have been blogging as a church staff member, but I have also been reponding to environmental blogs as a way of engaging the culture through common interests.

C. Marie Byars said...

Hi, guys. First to Caleb's comment: I think the T.V. writers' strike led to a (temporary) rise in the national I.Q.

Joyce: I'll go over & visit your site. You might want to check my other blog, on Christian Nature Poetry, as it is a little closer to the whole environmental perspective.

Granny J said...

I just let my cable subscription lapse -- I hadn't watched the blasted thing from months, finding the Internet (or a book) far more engaging. My dotter and SIL have allowed their little girl only one channel & she happened to pick it when the set was tuned to the Food Channel. So her ideal celebrity is someone called Rachael Rae.

C. Marie Byars said...

Thanks for visiting again! I have even been somewhat limtied on my internet use!

Hope you're doing well. After I get a "breather" (post-Easter), I want to start putting some links on my blogs, so I'll add you in!