Mental Detox Week

- Turn Off the TV

Read a book. Do a crossword puzzle. Play an hours-long game of Monopoly.

Plant a vegetable garden. Take a walk. Have a chat with your mom or dad.

Sight-see. Put the pictures into the photo albums. Start to tackle the list of projects that has been getting longer. Take a child to the zoo.

Write a letter, put it in an envelope and send it through the post office. Cook a gourmet dinner. Help your daughter with her homework.

Get into a pickup game of basketball. Repaint your living room. Give your dog a bath.

It's National TV Turnoff Week, April 20-26. Also referred to as Mental Detox Week, it's a good excuse to turn off the TV, the computer and all the other digital toys that keep us inside and focused on a screen.

Quote: "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." — Groucho Marx


Richard

This might have been doable if the Bruins hadn't been crushing the Dagblasted (nice cussword euphemism, huh?) Canadians into stonedust earlier in the week, if the Celtics hadn't given the Bulls a serving of humble pie last night, and if the RedSox weren't hosting the Dreaded Yankees this weekend.

Plus, they tell me there's some kind of football draft happening for eighty-seventeen hours tomorrow, too, if that's your thing.

That's too many maybes and ifs, so, no can do.