"To enjoy time vegging out in front of the television, you have to be present," says Kinman.
Who are these people whose time spreads out in front of them like the limitless steppes of central Asia, who have no families to look after, no jobs to do, no responsibilities, and yet are so wealthy they can commit hours every week to working for nothing?
One time a person walked out in front of him at this point in the game, but he stopped immediately and no one was hurt.
The next time your spouse hides out in front of the TV instead of helping with chores, you might want to show him (or her) this research.
By the time she finally did step out in front of the crowd and cameras on Nov. 4, it was amid much speculation about whether she and the show could possibly find a tone appropriate for the national mood.
SANA, Yemen — For the first time since demonstrators began camping out in front of Sana University calling for an end to the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's opposition leaders attended the protest as a group on Saturday afternoon to voice their support.
The first time my right arm sprung out in front of my oldest son's chest, it surprised us both.
THE VOLCANO MONITORS: Who can forget that time Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal staggered out in front of a television camera to deliver the first GOP rebuttal to an Obama State of the Union address? Ol' Bobby, he hated him some stimulus package.
Hoy suspects they'll be prime candidates: "A lot of them spent too much time hanging out in front of the speakers at Grateful Dead concerts".
Television's natural instinct was now simply to go on and on, to consume the infinite time stretching out in front of it, like those cartoons where Bugs Bunny is frantically laying down railway track so the train he is on can keep moving.
