I saw a cable-ready refrigerator yesterday.

That's a phrase that - until fairly recently - should never have been uttered, let alone typed.

And yet - there it was.

Thing is - it kind of made sense. One never has enough room in the kitchen. Especially when one is my husband and is striving (and succeeding) in being a gourmet chef.

(Of course - any restaurant he would have would be terribly exclusive, have two seatings a night, and be limited to two four-tops. This is his fervent wish when - and I emphasize WHEN - he wins the lottery)

(of course - he need to actually play the lottery....)

But there it was, and I stood there slack-jawed and drooling like all the other folks around me as we contemplated watching 'My Name is Earl' on our refrigerators.

I guess I shouldn't be so dumbstruck, though. I mean - my mother is now emailing me jokes from her laptop computer and so is my father-in-law. They are both in their 70s and if they can adjust to the virtual world I guess I can adjust to a universe that has a cable-ready refrigerator in it.

But does Alton Brown come with it? That's what I'm wondering.....