A little over a week ago, E and I decided to unplug our TV and stick it in the basement. We would experiment with TV-free living for a week and then evaluate the situation. Ten days later the TV is still in the basement, and I think it will stay there, perhaps for good.

I must clarify something up front: it isn’t as if we are going without television programing this week; we’ve been catching up on our favorite shows like The Office and Scrubs but by watching them online rather than on the television. My brother-in-law also loaned us the first season of Lost, through which we have slowly been making our way. So, in a sense we’ve been watching plenty of TV. Still, this experiment has had noticeable effects on our lives: the largest and most important of which is that we’re happier. Read the rest of this entry »