The Hardest Part of Love is the Letting Go: A Made for DVR Love Story

Before the beautiful wonderfulness of the DVR made it into my house, I would know when it was time to stop watching a TV show. I would just not want to watch it or not want to go through the hassle of setting the VCR timer and getting a blank tape ready.

But now...oh the ease of the DVR. It's the quintessential Ron Popiel "Set It And Forget It" service. You set it to record ONE TIME, choose "All" or "New" and the DVR just does your bidding. However, there is a dark side to this marvel of boob tube technology.

You become a slave the DVR. It mocks you with it's list of shows. You see that you have four Law and Order recorded and you feel like you have to "catch up." But why? If this was 1995, you would be four episodes behind and you'd just think, "Eh...I'm done with this show. I'll watch it if it's on."

I have decided to go retro and purge my DVR. Not entirely...I'm not crazy. I am clearing out old episodes of many-a-show, and deleting timers to free myself of much of the mind-numbing slavery which ate at my 9:00p-11:00p time frame.

Without further adieu...the "let go":

• Law & Order
• Survivor
• America's Got Talent
• The Biggest Loser
• Dancing with the Stars
• Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives
• Community
• Parks and Recreation

That represents eight hours of my week that I can have back...and that's not even my whole list. Eight hours is a lot of time. Good bye, old friends.

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