Reid About It TV

I think after a few years of working with a DVR (the generic TiVo), it's become the piece of technology I can't do without. If you made me choose, I would give up my microwave, DVD player, GPS system, mp3 player, alarm clock, electric hammer, battery-operated melonballer, and my iPants before I'd let you take my DVR away.

Perhaps nothing is better for the ego than realizing you can suddenly stop time. Not paying attention to the show and something important happens? Back it up. You're watching something featuring the maddening mumbling of Eric Braeden? No problem, hit instant replay and try and figure out exactly what he meant when he said "That summa wuz happa hehna anaga."

It goes further than that, though, I actually get upset when I realize I don't have my DVR powers in real life. I'm constantly finding myself trying to rewind songs on the radio, or instant replay snippets of conversation. It's the ultimate ADD enabler.