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I had an email from one of my professors this morning. Well, actually, I emailed him and had a reply, which considering his aversion to email is nearly one for the record books.

His daughter was born the summer before I started university. On small lib-arts campuses the teachers and the students often form very close bonds, so it was unsurprising, given that he taught me freshman year, that I should meet his daughter on her first visit. The entire population of three departments, faculty and student, spoiled her rotten, nannied her, admired her, and watched her grow up, me included. When I was a senior she was staying with her dad for the day and came by the theatre, and I made her a faerie wand out of a rolled up bit of paper and some gauze we had lying around. Lovely little blonde girl, big wide smile, refused to take off her ballerina tutu.

Anyway, he sent me a photo of her along with his email, and she's eight now, with hair she dyed red for some school event.

One isn't supposed to feel quite so old at the age of 26, I'm certain.

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Tuesday night! Time for Sam's Three Things About House MD.

1. Jesse Spencer (Chase) acted the hell out of this episode, which is ironic considering he wasn't in it very much. Chase is officially Not A Dickhead anymore, though he may still retain his Dumbest Duckling status. Which is okay, because he's pretty.

2. Cuddy and Wilson's date was painful. PAINFUL, and incidentally explains so much about why Wilson can't keep a woman. I think the writers relish awkward dates. They write them very effectively, anyway. And I love that Wilson stole Cuddy's spoon afterward. And I love Wilson's "OH MY GOD THAT WAS AWKWARD" face. Basically, I love Wilson, and so should you, because he is awesome.

3. The beauty of Foreman's rebirth is that now even the people who liked him before want to slap him now too. EVERYONE WANTS TO SLAP FOREMAN. Which is right and proper. Though his flashcards were pretty neat.

3a. Wee defibs are awesome. Kiddie's First Code Cart! I would totally buy a set of toy defibrillators for my kid.