INSIGHT

I tell myself that the reason that I have a television is not because I enjoy much that's currently on TV, but because I fear being the guy who can't help but mention in conversation that he doesn't have a television. Basically, that means my fake self image is that of a closet snob.

The real reason that I have a televison is that it is a remnant from my prior life as a TV sports junkie. I am currently in recovery not by choice but because I have sacrificed my viewing pleasure to the higher calling of raising my children in a TV-free environment (it sits behind a curtain in the basement, waiting for the day when all of my children have left for college), while also preserving the family coffers from the cable bill. Which means my real self image is that of a martyr.