[Magdalen] Cable internet.

[Marion Thompson]

That's why I had a  small TV in the bedroom, the kitchen, and in my 
lair; the big TV with theatre sound and all that was with my ex.  My 
viewing tastes were much more eclectic.  It certainly didn't make for 
togetherness, but there was peace.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 8/25/2016 6:05 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> TV control sounds like me and my former husband.... it was not a good 
> thing. I actually stopped watching TV (that I was interested in), or 
> sat in the room with the TV and did other things for probably 10 years...
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a 
> talk by Richard Rohr
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> From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:56 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Cable internet.
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>> No need for apology. I'm just glad I no longer have strong desires to 
>> watch particular programs that are live, like Chicago Tonight or PBS 
>> NewsHour. He's got his own place on the couch, with control of the 
>> various remotes, and watches American Dad ad nauseam as well as a guy 
>> on YouTube who posts a daily video of himself playing Super Mario 
>> games and screaming obscenities. I can go online for my daily 
>> Tagesschau.
>>
>> We do occasionally find very good documentaries to watch together via 
>> Netflix. Live Olympics coverage? Missed every bit of it.
>>
>> Having no desires avoids a lot of disappointment but concerns my 
>> therapist.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:23 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> 
>>> wrote:
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>>> ALL watching?  You mean, you cannot, at your own discretion, turn on 
>>> standard, actual cable TV and watch a program at will?  I don't like 
>>> the sound of that at all.  The "controlling" part, that is.  But 
>>> that's just me.  Ignore me as need be.  Apologies at the outset. 
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