text: An interesting article - made me think about TV and avoidance and disability and more about old age. Provocative and evocative!!! 
  I saw bits and pieces of me in that piece. 
  Can't see, can't hear, can't walk; can't drive. My school friend Casey said we should visit our childhood Catholic church to talk to the single possibly lonely priest for some supportive conversation and to ask if us old alter boys could help out in some way. I thought it was a great idea -- remembering that my Dad and I spent three to four hours every Sunday at the Rectory and in additional Masses ushering and filling in for missing altar boys with Winter colds. And of course with no TV time. 
  Thev rectory had a TV set but it was on only for Notre Dame games on Saturday afternoon. Otherwise our six priests never watched TV. Even back then it was too provocative. Then TV could only be turned on thru permission of the Pastor. 
  Though, even without TV our priests never.rarely rested.