What do you do when you are bored with TV

There aren't many new shows on TV lately so when we want to relax we have to find something else to do. At the end of a long day we like to veg in front of the tube and watch something we tivod to wind down. But there really haven't been any new shows that have been any fun. Most of my favorites like the Wire and Deadwood are long gone and even the silly sitcoms are in what seems like perpetually reruns. You can only watch so much Bridezillas and Ice Road Truckers until you go crazy. I usually read or maybe post on the net, but the wife starts to get stir crazy after a while. The only reasonable solution is to rent a pay per view movie, but then you have to invest an hour or more in it and that's not worth it most of the time. With Tivo, you can zip past the commercials and be done in a half hour most of the time. It's funny the shit you complain about. I remember when we didn't even have vcr's and could only watch the eight broadcast channels. It was a big treat when you could catch the Spanish Channel 47 which had professional wrestling with Bruno Sanmartino and Chief Jay Strongbow. Life was simpler then.