but I find it difficult to believe that anyone who is that out of touch with mainstream pop culture and common frames of reference would write anything easy enough for masses of people to read and enjoy.

I agree with most everything (especially the hand-waving) but on this one, I think for the type of book she writes, you don't necessarily have to be with it, with respect to pop culture to write the kind of forensics thriller/mystery she does. She'd have to be up on all of the latest techniques for her field, which, obviously, she is, but pop culture, maybe not as much.

I am getting tired of the rotating lab assistants (I liked Wendell, though). The one quirk I have enjoyed, however, is how a few of them have chosen to leave, as opposed to being fired/dismissed from the lab.

Did I see the previews correctly? Nothing new until November?

Yes, but did you notice who turned up in the previews?

Yes!!! Unmeasured amounts of squeee from over here!

I know who I squeed over. Yay, Dad!

I'm kind of getting excited about Life on Mars now. When I first heard it sounded bad, but hey, cop show...I'm probably in for a few hours. And it'll be novel seeing Imperioli on the right side of the law again.

And it'll be novel seeing Imperioli on the right side of the law again.

And you gotta admit, the porn 'stache is seriously righteous.

Have you seen the original, erika? It's really good stuff. If the US version is half as good, it'll be decent watching.

No, I haven't. I'd probably like it though. I like things about crime and the seventies...would netflix have it?

I spent much of Bones trying to figure out where I'd seen JP before - and he's Kyle XY's adoptive daddy!

You just missed a marathon on BBC America...and it doesn't look like Netflix has it, sadly.