I dunno. I live alone, so a little background noise is nice once in a while:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says television makes it too easy for people to tune out family and friends during the holidays.
Glen Sparks, a communications professor at Indiana's Purdue University, says television creates so much background noise that it can be difficult to really hear what people are trying to say.
I also leave the TV on sometimes to keep my cats company if I'm going to be gone for more than half a day. I put it on the BBC-America channel for them, but then they started acting a little snooty, so now they get the Hallmark channel.
