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Originally posted by NotFromHere
The dark side of TiVo
A tool of convenience can become a burden, some say.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 — TiVo television recorders that allow viewers to replay programs and skip commercials have turned casual TV watchers into prisoners shackled to sofas, unable to keep up with the flood of their favorite shows. “For something that is supposed to be relaxing and unwinding at the end of the day, you (think) ‘Wow! I have a lot of shows to watch,’ ” said Scott Bedard, technology director at an online media company in San Francisco. “Will I ever catch up?” he worries aloud. (I think he means ketchup.)

“I love my TiVo and get separation anxiety when I spend too much time away from it,” said Cori Martinelli, an economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in San Francisco. (Clearly an illness.)

Kevin Coto, a financial systems consultant in New York City, can relate. “I get to the point now where I skip going to the gym so I can keep up with watching “Dawson’s Creek” reruns,” which are broadcast for two hours each day, he said. “I look forward to when they end so I won’t be stressed.”
(Clearly a different kind of illness.)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/992089.asp?0cv=CB20

I thought you were out until Monday.