Ok!

I'm a DrudgeReport addict!

It's only a headline news site but sometimes they have Hollywood news that aint so Ai Yai Yai!

So for today No DrudgeReport BL'N.

Yehi Rotsoin K'Eeli Hikravti Chatos!

E.L.

bardichev wrote on 12 Aug 2009 14:55:







Rebbe Bardichev,

I hope its not untznius to tell you that your posts keep me laughing!

Not bad for a Nu Yorker!

I gave up TV and movies in 1984.  It was the Internet that derailed me, beginning in 1997.  (Between those years, I would periodically fail Nisyonos involving other media).

As my Rav says, TV has no place in a Frum home, except perhaps for old ladies and invalids (i.e. those whose illness, R"L, requires the distraction).  I would add that there is so much Kosher reading available today that even those people would do well to only use TV as a last resort.

i do not own a tv

I did not grow up with Tv

My TaaVa for TV

was always very strong

put me in a hotel room

ma yaase haben vilo yechtaa? :'(

rebbetzin It is my job to make people laugh

when people laugh they can "shukkle"

themselves out of the doldrums


bp.s.

consider the granny pic the place will be "plotzing"
b

7Up wrote on 12 Aug 2009 09:01:


Im not sure I can do this - Im just too addicted to you guys.

How about this instead: Bli Neder I will try refrain from jokes and anything anyone may consider kalus rosh for....as long as you let me. (this is going to hurt I fear)

No Chance 7up!

Hashem is surely pleased with all the wonderful kabalos that all of you ahve undertaken.

Stick to them my holy brothers and sisters.

The harder it is to do, the more beneficial it is for your Neshama. No pain..No gain, remember?

Chazak V'Ematz!

7up, if you leave, who gets to be Mom? :-\

letakaingirl wrote on 13 Aug 2009 04:50:


Kedusha's yh is willing to step in as Mom occasionally. He even polishes shoes!

I think my TV watching is something that's bringing me down. However, I usually don't watch and have pretty much taken it upon myself not to. Being in school, I find that on vacations and during exam time the downtime can be helpful. It can also be harmful, though, especially if I get into a specific show. I think, though, that if I am in a good place anyway, it won't be so bad. Recently, I haven't been in such a good place, been watching a lot of TV, one show in particular and it's been weighing down on me. I grew up in a home with TV. There is still TV there. I am surrounded by many people who watch TV and view it as ok. I agree that I should stay away, but I find it very very challenging. Today I'm going to take my sister out to a movie. She is 13 and it is an innocent movie and a good way to spend time with her. I'm not so sure what else I could do with her outside of the house. I am not interested in taking her shopping. Honestly, I'd also like to see this movie myself... I am going to commit to not watching that TV show that I got hooked on for a day. I have not watched it yet today and will go to sleep tonight without having watched it. I even emailed guard about blocking the site that I get it from, but I never went through with it.

Mevkesh, kol hakavod on this thread, with all the difficulty I find in it, I truly agree with you and have thought this for a long time.

Struggle

New day, new mi lashem kabballah: I will B"N not watch movies on the plane. It'll be hard, but what's a plane ride without some extra zechusim and challenges? Instead i'm gonna write. Maybe i'll have some new material when i get back . I'll be thinking of all of you!

That's a truly amazing kaballah in light of the horrid habit of even charedim and heimishe people atching movies - the chillul hashem..oy

I wish I can do something, but I can't. First of all, I already wrote that I think it keeps me from falling. Second, I work with special kids and we watch movies all the time. We go out pretty often to theaters too. I can control what to watch , I guess.

I will b"n keep away from any movie that has a bad/no rating.

I'm proud of you L'takein! I always watched on the airplane. Nothin else to do.