I have to put together a log of all my media activity for a week for a media ethics class. I realized something. I rarely just park my ass in front of the TV and stare at it. The TV is on a lot. I started feeling guilty that it is sometimes on for 3.5 hours a day. But, unless 24 is on, it's usually just playing in the background while I read, do homework, cook, clean, surf the web or eat. I guess if I'm multitasking that's not so bad. I wonder if those surveys about how much TV our children are watching takes into account whether they're sitting there staring at the thing, or multitasking.