tv-oholic

Why do we describe all addictions by affixing "-oholic" to the end of something, as if it made a lick of sense grammatically or syntactically?

I am and have always been a TV-oholic.  In high school, when there were only three channels worth watching (ABC, CBS, and ABC, for those who are interested, since the other channels were local ones that had no original programming--except for PBS, which did have "Sesame Street," but--as I said--I was in high school), I managed to have more shows to watch than time to watch them.

I raced home in the afternoons to watch "Dark Shadows," a vampire soap opera that aired every afternoon in the dark days long before TIVO.  I watched M*A*S*H, Mannix, Night Gallery, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Here's Lucy, The Carol Burnett Show, The Mod Squad, The Brady Bunch, The Partidge Family, The Odd Couple, Room 222, Love, American Style, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Alias Smith and Jones, All in the Family, Bridget Loves Bernie, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mission: Impossible, The Bob Newhart Show, Bewitched, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Columbo,  The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Adam's Rib, Happy Days, Rhoda, Maude, Get Christie Love!, The Night Stalker, The Rockford Files, Chico and the Man, Sanford and Son, and Kung Fu...and I am merely listing the shows that aired in prime time during the years I was in high school.


Of course I did not watch every one of these religiously.  (Thank goodness the serialized drama had not yet been invented.)  There were absolutely not enough hours in my life.  And I have not mentioned Johnny Carson or All My Children or game shows or sports events or reruns of sixties shows no longer on the air or anything else either...


I was a TV-oholic.


I still am.


So tonight is the official start of the Fall TV season, with the premieres of two new programs.  I don't know if I'll watch either of them, don't know if either is worth the time or trouble.  But you can bet I'll read about them and make a decision, as I will about every single new show that premieres in the next several weeks.  :-)


E3H:  New draft of the ART essay (red draft or beyond, depending on your state of revision).  I do not wish to grade a revision until you are comfortable that you have a MAJOR revision, but you must do a revision tonight.  Email it to me with the subject: E3H-1 (or7) Art dx (where x=draft #). I will only grade it if x= at least 2.0.

E2CP:  New draft of OWL CREEK essay  (red draft or beyond, depending on your state of revision).  I do not wish to grade a revision until you are comfortable that you have a MAJOR revision, but you must do a revision tonight.  Email it to me with the subject: E2CP Owl Creek dx (where x=draft #). I will only grade it if x= at least 2.0.

CW:  Bring in a favorite poem tomorrow.  Consider: What are the rules of poetry?