tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post5823301993619689957..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: A Whole New Way to UnderachieveKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-39594334704148420082014-05-19T17:27:34.325+01:002014-05-19T17:27:34.325+01:00It is an odd dilemma to have, I agree. Blessing w...It is an odd dilemma to have, I agree. Blessing with a slight curse. Yet it allows Hubby to fast forward through commercials he detests (that would be 99% of them) and gives us the occasional reason to just sit, relax and forget about work for a while; which is hard when you own your own business AND a charity!<br /><br />Yesterday it rained all day and we caught up on some DVR movies. It was great...yet I couldn't sit that long more than once a month without feeling guilty.<br /><br />The worst part? You're right, dodging spoilers in this world of instant everything. Hubby asked what I wanted to watch and I practically yelled, "Game of Thrones! I can't keep avoiding all the talk about it much longer!" :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-56406382989563809752014-05-19T03:36:29.069+01:002014-05-19T03:36:29.069+01:00I don't own a telly box, haven't for years...I don't own a telly box, haven't for years, and I very much like it that way. <br /><br />I get to watch whatever I want to when I want to relax and watch something online.<br />I get my news through social media & I occasionally listen to Radio 2.<br /><br />There aren't many programmes I go out of my way to watch; Have I Got News For You is the only one I watch from terrestrial telly (I watch it on iplayer). <br /><br />Recently someone suggested that I spend less time on social media. I asked them how much time they spend watching telly each day... At least for me social media is productive, positive interaction with friends & it generates income for me in my business, what does watching the telly box bring him? Claire Boyleshttp://www.success-matters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-74688712221447207502014-05-18T17:46:42.947+01:002014-05-18T17:46:42.947+01:00I really like my TIVO equivalent, Jim, most of the...I really like my TIVO equivalent, Jim, most of the time. This week, I've just found myself frustrated with my frustration than I'm frustrated with the amount of stuff that's building up on it.<br /><br />As my Mum would have said, "you haven't much to be worrying about." <br /><br />:) Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-39035829108621942832014-05-18T15:58:16.113+01:002014-05-18T15:58:16.113+01:00There are people who don’t own a telly. I only kno...There are people who don’t own a telly. I only know of one and she still watches the odd film on her computer. I don’t have a Sky Plus Box. We’re Virgin customer so we have a TiVo. Same thing. I think it’s wonderful. The only live TV I ever watch nowadays is the breakfast news and <i>Doctor Who</i>. Seriously. And the thing is set to record <i>Doctor Who</i> too just in case. I have no idea when anything is on nowadays. I buy a TV paper every week—actually I have it delivered (<i>TV & Satellite Week</i>—I believe you’re a <i>Radio Times</i> man)—and I sit there with my highlighter and red pen and note what I plan to record in the week ahead. Often the shows are already set to record from the last time a series was on but I always double-check. And every day, at 6:30, we sit down to watch “the one-eyed god in the corner” as my dad called it—not that he hated TV, far from it—and we work our way through five or six programmes usually going through them alphabetically. Occasionally, especially if it’s the send of a series or if Carrie’s about to head off to the States again, we’ll watch the last couple of episodes. Like you we’re behind on everything bar <i>Doctor Who</i>. I don’t care. I have time for five or six shows (the sixth show is usually a cartoon like <i>Family Guy</i>) and that’s it. Come eleven we go to bed. That’s enough TV for me. When Carrie’s in the US however I don’t watch any of our regular shows apart from <i>Doctor Who</i> which I’ll watch again when she comes home but I’m damned if I’m waiting three weeks to watch my <i>Doctor Who</i>. I tend to save up documentaries and films and stuff we don’t have time for or I know Carrie isn’t interested in. Yesterday I watched <i>Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This</i>, an old Sarah Michelle Geller film, <i>The Return</i>, the <i>Parkinson Masterclass</i> featuring Eddie Izzard and <i>Film Review</i>. I read a little more when Carrie’s not here too but not a huge amount; one can only read so much in one day.<br /><br />I’m not sure why you would want to avoid an ebook reader although I far prefer my tablet to my Kindle. Carrie bought a newer Kindle and loves it. I already have too many books to read. It really doesn’t matter to me in what format they are. I will die with hundreds of unread books. All I can do is ensure that what books I <i>do</i> get round to are decent ones and that’s how I feel about TV too. I try to not watch rubbish. I don’t always watch what I want to watch—that’s the problem of living with someone else whose tastes you have to take account of when planning what you intend to record for future viewing (if I never saw another episode of <i>Royal Pains</i> it would be too soon) but I get to watch enough of what I care about.<br /><br />I know a lot of writers pooh-pooh the television but I’ve no idea why. It’s a great source of ideas and a lot of contemporary authors write books that feel like film scripts and I’m not just talking about Seth McFarlane. There’s a lot good to be learned from TV about how to construct a story. And a lot good to be learned from bad—or at least mediocre—TV too.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com