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TV Bender, A Definition

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

TV Bender: (slang) Extended periods of heavy television watching.

A more informal definition: Last spring break, over a period of 9 days, I watched 5 seasons of The Sopranos.

From Chicago to Boston: 250 minutes
From Boston to Montreal: 465 minutes
Season 1: 680 minutes
Season 2: 780 minutes
Season 3: 780 minutes
Season 4: 800 minutes
Season 5: 780 minutes
From Montreal to Boston: 465 minutes
From Boston to Chicago: 250 minutes

Assume an average of 9 hours of sleep everyday (this is on the low end).

Doing some quick math here, 9 days X 24 hours in a day = 12,960 minutes
Subtract from that the total traveling time, 12,960 - 1,430 = 11,530 minutes
Subtract from that the total time spent sleeping 11,530 - 4,860 = 6,670 minutes

Total time spent watching tv: 3,820 minutes
Total time awake: 6,670

Percentage of time spent watching tv: 3,280 / 6,670 = 49.17%

That was a tv bender!

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