CSI does make a great metaphor - I've never thought about it like that, but it you're right! Hee. Actually it's not the dead bodies that freak me out - but more the insanity of the murderers. There is never a murderer or rapist on that show who does something simple. It's always a strange, psychologically terrifying reason - and that is the aspect that freaks me.

The iPod has changed my travelling life,

So true! I remember the old days - when I carried around a walkman complete with my own mixed tapes. Or the lumbering around of a portable cd-player - with all the extra cd's in the bag. (along with the certainty that the cd you most wanted to listen to was the one you hadn't brought). Now I might get a wee bit sentimental writing about all this - but that doesn't mean I miss it. ;P iPod - never leave me! Hee.

And "The Wire" s4 is just amazingly good. I was a bit sceptical, mostly because I was afraid I'd miss Stringer. Thankfully there was nothing to fear.