Comments on: quiet monday eve

By: wn

wn — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:50:35 +0000

Cookies look GREAT. I printed the recipe and want to try them now! YUM (so much for my Spring diet).

My husband and I turned off the TV permanently about 2 years ago. We download the occasional show (for fear of being total social outcasts and because there are SOME good things on TV). We buy a fair amount of box sets too. I do miss TV on the weekend though….and I think your “no tv for 5 days” would be the perfect balance, for me, anyway.

However, at the risk of sounding kinda like a jackass…..I really do feel that my life has become richer and fuller without regular TV. I actually WORK on my hobbies, call my friends more regularly, write letters, etc….all sorts of things that I totally never got around to doing when the tv was plugged in.

By: emma

emma — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:10:22 +0000

Good for you for turning off the TV. Although I have to say I admire that you find something to watch on it…I only watch the news occasionally and American Idol or maybe a movie. Maybe you just like the background babble, like having a chattering parrot or something.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:40:26 +0000

What a good idea. I’m looking forward to more posts about your non-tv watching evenings.

And the cookies look yummy!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:03:53 +0000

Those cookies look awesome.

I’m thinking about the no TV night too.
But I watch so much crap that which night should I pick??

By: heidikins

heidikins — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:49:22 +0000

Firstly – I LOVE these cookies! I, a domestically disabled female, tried them last night with incredible success! Next up: creme brulee….. ha! Who am I kidding, I’m only really good at box brownies and pop-tarts!

Secondly – I didn’t ever grow up with TV, we lived too close to major mountains to get any channels, and my parents wouldn’t actually BUY a cable package… and at this point in my life (not so near the mountains, and with a cable package) I rarely watch TV, maybe an hour a week. It makes my brain hurt most of the time. (Yes, I realize I am a rare type of American young-adult, one with completely apathetic feelings towards the Tube.) Kudos to you on your free-of-TV evenings!

By: Nocturnal

Nocturnal — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:59:31 +0000

Damn those look good, one order to go.

Cheers

By: Meepers

Meepers — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:41:13 +0000

Not much of a baker, myself, but those look delicious – ginger cookies (esp w. a bit of chocolate and crystalized ginger) are my favorite. The no-tv night sounds heavenly to me…am 100% certain it would not go over well, no, at all, here. Le siigh.

Am so sad you won’t be moving out here, but good luck to Andrew. You guys are getting things off to a good start at being married.

By: B

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:06:52 +0000

My mom has 2 silpats and they are awesome! I can’t waitto get some of my own!

By: alison

alison — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:58:06 +0000

Mmm those cookies look yummy. You’re taking after your mother! We had no TV all week at our new house and it was mostly great! Except that I didn’t know about the pet food recall and I kinda freaked cause I thought our kitties food was on the list. But it’s not. Phew!

By: angela

angela — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:57:21 +0000

I don’t know if I could make it through a no-TV night. The worst ever would be a no-Internet night. I might just die.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:49:57 +0000

Those cookies look divine. Hooray for not being confined by seasonal boundaries. Now, how can we get Starbucks to offer the pumpkin spice coffee year round?

Oh, and I have a question for you: if there is one thing I should see in New Orleans, what would you suggest? I have never been and I know nothing except it’s the home of Mardi Gras. I am going for a work trip this weekend and I’d love to see SOMETHING besides the inside of a conference room! Let me know if you have any suggestions

PS- you’re my hero for instituting a no-tv night. I’ve been meaning to do that for a long time… but I can’t. I’m weak. Tivo calls my name.