A constant presence.
Portal of information and entertainment.
Bearer of news both good and bad.
Secretly bleeding you of time and energy.
Turn the bloody thing off.
Go read a book instead, philistine!
Written in response to Thain in Vain’s Week 33 prompt: Open the book you are reading right now (or a favourite if you aren’t reading anything, oh, and shame on you!), turn to page 33 (or 33% on e-readers) and write a super flash fiction about the first proper noun (person, place or thing) on the page!
Trials of a wanna-be-published writer 
I love it Heather. Especially at the end when you call the tv watchers Philistines.
🙂
LOL, I did wonder if calling people ‘philistines’ was going a tad too far, I’m glad you didn’t think that was the case! 🙂
Love it! And it sure does! Well done!!! TiV
Thank you 🙂
Think you pretty much nailed it. (But then, as you know, I’d read a book rather than watch a TV show any day of the week!)
Thank you! 🙂
I rarely watch TV these days and would rather read a good book any day 🙂
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Hahaha I love this. I feel like it should end a little longer though, with “pull up your pants and get a real job!” But that’s because I would say that, and everything you wrote here. 😉
Thanks Mark! 🙂
As it was week 33, I kept it to 33 words, otherwise I would have written that line you suggested! 😆