Having spent the period from Dec. 19th to Jan. 1st either on a plane or under several feet of snow in Park City, Utah, I've been blissfully off-duty and have had surprisingly little interaction with TV. I've used the TV screen (or similar) to watch DVDs, play games and--upon my return home while my wife and I waited for our bodies to tell us we were tired--catch up on a couple of hours of "Saving Grace" on the DVR, but live TV and trade news were wholly absent over my particular holiday break. It had nothing to do with the …