Next week is TV-Turnoff Week.

According to hundreds of responses to our TV-Turnoff Week follow-up surveys, 90 percent of responding participants reduced their TV-viewing as a result of participating.

I'm not sure I buy that statistic. You see, "responding participants" means participants who peeled their eyes from the television long enough to answer the survey.

It doesn't mean I shouldn't try it. I have DVDs from Netflix that I haven't watched yet...for two months. Not because I'm too busy; it's because I can't bring myself to get up from the recliner. Next week, I'm should be purchasing my long-overdue Powerbook, and all I can think of is, "Cool, I get to work while sitting on the recliner." Seriously, how much work am I really going to get done if I'm sitting in front of the damn TV?

So why not? I hereby challenge myself (and if you, if you're so inclined) to not watch television for seven days starting Monday. No Daily Show, no Simpsons, no O'Reilly Factor, no late-night Cinemax.

No matter how much I scream, do not open this door.