Snowed In? Don't Read!

You may have heard that a rather sizeable snowstorm is approaching the East Coast.   Those of you stuck in the house may be tempted to binge read a stack of books, but I'm hoping you will find some loftier pursuits: television.

Don't just entertain yourself; be virtuous!  Sure, books are endlessly entertaining, but television is good for you, like exercise and kale! That's why so many people sign up for "watching challenges," making a public promise to watch a certain amount of TV shows in a year.  Nobody needs a "challenge" to read books; we just do it, mindlessly. I mean, we've all been there, right? You pick up a book, and before you know it, you're four books in to a seven book series, wondering where your afternoon went.

 That's why we need challenges to remind us of the importance of television. And let's be clear: we need to stop judging each other's watching habits. If you're watching Two Broke Girls or Ancient Aliens, well, at least you're watching television. And that should be celebrated.

I know how tempting it might be to read some books over the next few days, but please, please, do what's good for you:  watch TV.

And if you can't watch TV, at least play a video game.  Thank you.