The Busy Box For The Miserable

When I got my first “big” client — one that allowed me to have a personal extravagance — I purchased a 65" plasma Panasonic Viera TV. I used it constantly for 9 years, before it eventually giving up the ghost and dying on me. I watched some of my favorite movies and shows of all time on that TV, and it followed me across the country until choosing to die in California.

It wasn’t about being proud of it, or showing people it, or having it as a means of proving something, but it became the centerpiece of entertainment — gaming and TV — and I can remember no less than 15 very…