I saw this bumper sticker when I was driving around for work last week and it reminded me to tell you that you should get rid of your TV. I have to admit that I am a hypocrite telling you to do that, but I am in a relationship where I have to compromise..... and having a Television is one of mine.

In 2002-2003 we were revisiting a war in Iraq for the second time and I was upset by what I was seeing on the television. So I called up my cable provider and told them to drop me. Or else, I forgot to pay my bill and just didn't bother to have my TV reconnected when I paid it. Either way I didn't have TV for about 4 years. Instead of coming home from work and watching TV until I went to bed, I started doing things that I enjoyed. I started doing more art and a whole new life opened up to me. I put some of those pieces on Ebay and people started buying them. That gave me the confidence to start doing art festivals, which I have now been doing for the last seven years now. I paid off a bunch of debt with the proceeds from those festivals. and now this past year I have been putting my art in "arty" gift shops. I am in about 30 places in 18 different states.

I view television as paying someone to come into your house to tell you that you are not good enough or that what you own is of no value. That person is teaching your children how to misbehave and the keeping you preoccupied enough that you can't teach your children what is appropriate or giving them the attention that they need and deserve

You should kill your TV.