Tv Drama Escapee Gifts

"Dad, there's nothing good on TV. We're bored.

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

"My husband is taking me on a cruise, so I’m looking for a book that will help me forget that I’m on a cruise with my husband."

"I'm sorry- I can barely hear you with this goddam ocean behind me."

Tired executive going into gym coming out gleaming

'Do you have to be so melodramatic?'

"I took the road less traveled. Now I have no bars."

'Is your verdict unanimous?'

Life is simpler in the sticks.

Elevator/Open Range

'I'd rather be playing football.'

'On to the office again?' - 'No, my pro.'

"My husband won't do Florida - too sunny. He's afraid of falling asleep on the beach and waking up 75-years-old."

"You and your lists! You're missing out on life."

"I've had to leave the city: the noise pollution was making it difficult for me to fly safely..."

Wilderness - City.

"Ah, its great to get away from the rat race!"

"Your mind is not in your work...you're probably having one of your little tropical fantasies."

"Yes, yes, but it’s only an hour from Manhattan."

"Someday I'll buy a little place in the country and take my finger off the Zeitgeist."

"Hi, J.B. Guess where I am."

"There goes our attorney, headed for Florida."

'Ah, for the good old days when geologists worked outdoors.'

Hi, dear, I'm working from work today.

'Dad, can I speak to you, offline, about father son bonding?'

… and then I got laid off from my law job and I've been just … hanging out. It's been interesting. Being outside the type A machine, I realize just how dependent I was on the judgment of bosses, and, before them, teachers. Some days, I can go whole hours without feeling like I'm letting someone down. No kidding. More like half-hours. Minutes, really. I exaggerated. Do you still like me? Careful, something strange afoot.

'Sorry Darling, I'll be late home: There's a strong head wind...'

You're moving to Canada to avoid getting married? Canada border. I'm not the marrying type. I can't be tied down. I'll feel trapped, ornery, mean and I can't cook! Mexico's lovely this time of year. Hide me in your basement.

The Cartoon Islands

Turn off the tv! Blasphemy. I have Extreme Partisanship Syndrome. I can't hear about politics. I get too riled up. It could kill me. No more Fox, or MSNBC, or even the networks. Fine, but there are other options. Can't this kill me too? Just the mind. Tonight on Biggest Loser: Jog eating.

Man stranded in the desert comes across a hot tub.

If we were at work we'd be at lunch now.

'So you're leaving LA! Well, good riddance, ya pantiwaist!'

"No cell phone, no e-mails... boy, I've never felt so free1"

'We'd like to get away from reality TV.'