Reality Show Junkie

No, not me...Big D has got a severe case of reality-itis. It's getting ugly, because the shows are getting more and more absurd. Big D has the ability to quintuple task and so, there is always a reality tv show playing while he is working on the computer late at night.
I'm a snob. I love to read. I cannot be bothered by the mindless drivel that makes its way onto our Tivo each night. Okay, I admit that I use the Tivo occasionally to catch up on Desperate Housewives, a guilty pleasure that I know is far from sophisticated. Oprah also loves to make an appearance and show her face. But what is all this about Real World (c'mon Big D, that was cool in high school!), The Apprentice, Laguna Beach, The Amazing Race...you get the picture...? I would so much rather curl up with the latest bestseller and read until my eyelids get droopy and then close the book and call it a night.
Big D isn't a reader. I once showed him an article from the NY Times Magazine which claims that watching TV requires a great degree of concentration, often times more than reading, because plots have become increasingly more complex and developed. Okay, I have a hard time buying that...because these shows that find their way onto our television screen are getting increasingly more ridiculous. Big D is into a show that follows around the manager of a used car dealership. The premise, you ask? There isn't one. There is even a show called Reality Show Wrap Up....No joke. Big D, it's time to drop the remote...and then nobody is going to get hurt.