Over the holidays I haven't been following politics too much and it feels great.

[Cant trust em]

There's only so much bad news and negativity that I can handle. Maybe I'll just stick to the ignorance is bliss mentality.

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Me too.

I've been cooking, reading, and going for walks. I'm trying my best to limit my time online and watching television; it's sort of a New Year's resolution of mine.

[Cant trust em]

2. Yep. I'm going to try to reconnect with my other hobbies.

I think I'll still watch TV news. It's so much less intense than the internet. I'll probably hang out here a little bit, but I don't want to live here like I used to.

[debbierlus]

3. I know how you feel. Sometimes I feel as though the human race is toast in the next fifty years

Play my violin while Rome burns.

[eleny]

4. I haven't been spending as much time at it for several days

I've started some pre-Spring cleaning. Just finished priming my utility closet a little bit ago.

Over the weekend I even had the Encore channel's old westerns marathon on in the background. Gunsmoke etc. Very low key.

It's been nice.

[femmocrat]

5. I was glued to the TV during the health care debates in Congress.

I think we all need some downtime to recover from that intensity. It will all crank up soon enough.

Then it will be the primaries....

[Historic NY]

6. me too..its time to step back..

I spent 11 days in Ireland in Oct. and didn't miss the 24/7 cycle of oneupmanship.