The Reorganization WILL Be Televised
Rather than spending my precious weekend trying to organize the junk waiting downstairs for me in the basement, it's so much more fulfilling to watch someone else clean up, in the satisfying space of just a half hour television show. Thank you "Clean Sweep" on TLC.
But allowing the television to live my life for me might be dangerous. In one of my favorite 'was-it-real-or-urban-legend?' stories, the Collyer brothers were literally killed by their stuff! But okay, the
y obviously had many more problems than their dustbunnies. Langley Collyer tried to cure his brother's blindness with "a dietary regimen of 100 oranges a week, black bread, and peanut butter. In their mind, there was no need to seek medical attention because they were the sons of a doctor..." The self-help approach to medicine was just the beginning of their weirdness. It makes me feel healthily normal to read about these cooky (but sad) brothers. The Collyer Brothers
Another creepy story of our possessions defining us: This American Life - Episode 199 - The House on Loon Lake. This American Life
But allowing the television to live my life for me might be dangerous. In one of my favorite 'was-it-real-or-urban-legend?' stories, the Collyer brothers were literally killed by their stuff! But okay, the
y obviously had many more problems than their dustbunnies. Langley Collyer tried to cure his brother's blindness with "a dietary regimen of 100 oranges a week, black bread, and peanut butter. In their mind, there was no need to seek medical attention because they were the sons of a doctor..." The self-help approach to medicine was just the beginning of their weirdness. It makes me feel healthily normal to read about these cooky (but sad) brothers. The Collyer BrothersAnother creepy story of our possessions defining us: This American Life - Episode 199 - The House on Loon Lake. This American Life
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