When you have a Tivo, and that Tivo is connected to the internet, and through that internet connection you can download music videos, and so you have Thriller on your Tivo; and you also hanging out on the internet, chatting on IRC; it can lead to doing silly, silly things.

Like this:

[23:35] <Morydd> OMG Michael Jackson is a Werewolf!
[23:36] <Morydd> he just punched a tree in half
[23:36] <Morydd> whew... it was just a movie.
[23:39] <Morydd> And now my wife is quoting along with Vincent Price.
[23:41] <Morydd> OMG! Now Michael Jackson is a Zombie!
[23:43] <Morydd> Don't go in there!
[23:44] <Morydd> It was all a dream.
[23:44] <Morydd> Or was it?

Don't let this happen to your children. Seriously.

This will, I'm sure, come as a shock to most of the readers of this site, but... well, I'm pretty lazy. One of the things I'm lazy about is laundry. I tend to forget to switch loads. However, I've discovered that a 1 hour show, when you fast-forward through the commercials, is as long as it takes to dry a load of laundry. Between that, and the ability to start the shows when I'm ready, means I get the loads through pretty quickly. I start a load, start a show. When the show is over, it's time to go switch loads. After I finish switching loads, it's time to start another show. Now that I've got the laptop, I can work on stuff during the shows. Everybody gets ice cream!