Ok, so you probably heard about how we turned off our TiVo about a year ago, after coming back from an awesome vacation in Montana.
So, now things have changed, and I find myself spending a significant amount of my time bouncing up and down on a yellow exercise ball in the living room, (sometimes at 2 or 3 am) and holding a very small person in my left arm. So, what can you do while bouncing on an exercise ball with only one hand free?
Well, I’ll surely tell you than typing “mplayer House_2007_06_04_20:00.avi -vo xv -fs -aspect 1:1″ in Dvorak on a Linux media PC isn’t really one of those things.
But, using the awesome TiVo remote, I can turn on the TV, and actually watch a TV program.
So, we’re starting from scratch, keeping things simple (only 10 season passes so far!) and we’ve got the old Phoenix up and running again, with a nice HD antenna on the roof for locals, and a really limited set of channels on DirecTV. We’ll see how it goes, but so far, its going really well. 
Ha!
We spent the first few months of our son’s life bouncing on an exercise ball in the wee hours of the AM. We had fans on for white noise; lights were out, he was snuggly swaddled. Why didn’t we just turn on the tv like you?? Haven’t had to use a ball with the other two though. *few* Just be careful. It is entirely possible to doze off while on the ball. Excuse the pun about falling off the ball
You stopped using a tivo? I twitch when watching tv without the possibility to control it.
And I thought you were coming back…
Oh well, enjoy the tivo and congrats!
Ha! Coming back to TiVo! Good one!
I give you three months before one of those season passes is for “Teletubbies”.
Phoenix is a great place for over-the-air HDTV
You’ve got FOX, ABC, PBS, IND and other networks that transmit from Phoenix and offer digital TV. Typically, you can get away with the most simple and cheap indoor antenna to pull them in 
Enjoy