One of them wold have to quit working at PPMC before they could have a relationship. All institutions like this one prohibit relationships within a "chain of command," and Cuddy is everyone's boss.

Of course, "House" is a fantasy anyway...

Larry, for all his curmudgeonery, is at his core a gullible person with a poor self-image. When he ears a woman, the mother of the young girl, use "pussy" without blinking, Larry assumes that the word has become acceptable without his realizing it. Not wanting to appear unhip, he starts using it himself, and ends up getting in trouble.

This is true "Essence du Curb."

I love Glee. Which is why I was even more upset than usual at Fox's shameless use of the National Anthem as an opportunity for self-promotion.

Let the team whose home game it is choose the singer; let the cities getting the often rare -- sometimes once-in-a-lifetime -- opportunity to shine on a national stage have a say in who sings.

You might have heard a few "boos" from the crowd when the Glee cast were announced. Rest assured it wasn't the actors, it was Fox being dissed.

I don't think you can evaluate TVs in a store. Optimal picture quality is not a matter of personal taste or opinion -- it is something that can be tested for, but only with the right equipment and under proper conditions. Furthermore, calibration can't really be done by a shopper in a store.

So the question becomes: "which displays in my price range and with my desired feature set are capable of being calibrated to perfection?" And the answer to that question can only really be found in professional reviews and online in forums like AVS, so that's where you start developing your short list.

Sure, go to the store to look at the TV's physical appearance and ergonomics, and if you buy it there unbox it and turn it on at the store, to make sure it's in perfect operating condition with no dead pixels before you leave. But other than that, the best way to evaluate a TV is to do so before you go shopping.

I see that you and I were writing similar comments simultaneously, although I thing buying a special bike just for this purpose is unnecessary. I've helped many children (and not a few adults) learn to ride using the "scooting" method; the main impediment is that so many parents insist on buying huge bikes, much too large for their kids, for them to "grow into" -- but on which there's no possible way for the kids' feet to touch the ground. Better to buy used and get the right size if budget is an issue.

Training wheels are a poor way to learn to ride because you don't learn how to turn. The best way is to lower the saddle until the learner's feet touch the ground; remove the pedals if necessary so that the learner can "scoot" the bike, lifting the feet off the ground as becomes comfortable, and still feel that the bike can safely stop at will.

This way the learner can simultaneously grasp that the bike is turned by the rider simply leaning in the direction of the turn, not by sitting up straight and turning the handlebars (which is what's forced by training wheels).

The method of turning learned with training wheels actually has to be unlearned when the training wheels come off.

It seems to me this gyro system may come closer to the correct method of learning than training wheels do, but letting children stay closer to the ground and able to stop with their feet would still let them feel safer and more confident, and not force them to learn braking at the same time that they learn the other basic cycling skills.

Comcast came to my house, installed the correct multistream CC in my TiVoHD and correctly activated it, and added a digital STB so I would still have On Demand and PPV, and took away their $17/mo DVR. This all happened at the appointed time, took less than half an hour, and they are charging me nothing for any of it (except the one-time $30 for the visit).

No, this is not a joke or a fantasy. It really can happen. But it's important to know precisely what you need and expect, and be able to communicate it clearly when you call them.

How are things at that rock you've been living under?

That chair has no armrests. No, thanks. (Probably costs $5k too.)

I surf while w'atching sports, talk shows, etc. When I watch scripted shows I don't (or pause the show to look something up.)

If this upscaling technology is so great why aren't they putting into their upcoming Blu-ray player?