How are you dealing with the tv writers’ strike?

Now that most network tv shows are running out of new episodes, thanks to the writers’ strike, I’m realizing that I have a lot of free time. I don’t watch as much television as I used to, but there are several shows I watch every week. Or did, that is.

So I have saved up about forty hours’ worth of various shows on my dvr. I wasn’t planning on having a storehouse at first, but I started the season taping a few shows and have just let those build up. I just bought the 30 Rock first season on dvd. (I’ve seen them all, but it was on sale and I’m really looking forward to the commentaries.) And then Amazon.com was running a big sale on the first three seasons of The Wire, so I got that. I haven’t watched The Wire, other than a couple of episodes, but have always been wanting to check it out without trying to jump in on season four.

I didn’t really have a point to all this. But I was curious if anyone had any other suggestions. Apparently, I’m not substituting blogging for tv…yet. We’ll see how long the strike lasts.

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