- Mark your calendar with the dates of annual meteor showers [see AMS Meteor Showers page] and make a point of going out to watch for them.

- Only listen to a radio with vacuum tubes, not transistors. (My addiction to tube radios is documented here: northernelectric.ca)

- Get to a library with microfilm archives of old newspapers, and find out what was going on in history while it was still "current events". They didn't know how any of it turned out. It's best if the viewers have a photocopier attachment so you can print off amusing articles and ads. ("Now even a man can make coffee in minutes!" - late '30s ad for instant coffee.)

- Marvel at the patterns of frost on the window. If you have a digital camera, take a picture and make it your computer desktop image.

- Never watch "live" TV. Stock up on blank tapes, learn to program the VCR, and watch only what you want when you want.

- Build a trebuchet and hurl something.

- If you're in the habit of listening to, say, early 20th century chamber music, astound your children by listening to, say, "Nine Inch Nails".