Instead of just going out to lunch with someone, why not make it a longer event? If you TiVo everything, you can watch it whenever, so invite someone over after work for dinner (it's really not that much more time consuming cooking for two instead of for one), and after you eat, watch a couple episodes of Family Guy or your PBS show with them. If you want more free time, you could also combine eating with Internet time or money time, assuming of course that you're not a messy eater who needs to sit at a table with no distractions at hand. Depending on what sort of exercise you get, you could combine it with something as well. Watch your TiVoed shows while you're on a treadmill or exercise bike. You just have to get a little creative with things.
