Electronic diversion recovery. Too much information.

We have TV-Turn Off week. Missed it though, better check the 2007 season. We have Better Conversation week. Plenty of time to plan (and study) for this event. And, now, the TV-Turn Off week people are addressing "Reducing Electronic Media and Games". Keep your eyes and ears open for this campaign. It "officially launches in September".

Is electronic media a problem? It's hard to say. All the kids are doing it. Peer pressure. Child calming devices. You don't want to be techno-phobic, DO YOU? 1,000 songs on my iPod (ordinary MP3 Players are so passe). My favorite song is Constant Bird by TBop14. Have you heard it yet?

I am no outdoorsy purist. I don't think everyone has to read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I do wish people would drive more without talking on their cell phones. I do wish kids wouldn't bring their hand-held video games to the beach, lake, mountains, etc. I do wish people, young and old, would read more from books, magazines, and newspapers (non-electronic, of course). These are handy, portable reading devices, you can take them to the park, you can take them to the porch, you can take them most anywhere and no WiFi hookup required. Look at the stars, skip a rock, wade through a stream, visit the library, wave at a neighbor, walk to a friend's house, play with your dog. Or, spend 32 hours a week watching TV and playing video games to avoid bugs, scraped knees, sore muscles, dirt, confrontation, reality.