Jonah:

Never mind Star Trek. I am blessed with a dear & generous, but opinionated, friend who is… let’s just say, not the least bit poor.

It is his firm contention that the TV show “Ally McBeal” was true art, the early-21st-century equivalent of Wm. Shakespeare. I had a couple of email exchanges with him about it, me protesting mildly that he might be going a wee bit over the top on this.

Wednesday I got a package from him: The entire Ally McBeal, 30 DVDs.

For some reason my pal particularly recommends an episode that features a scene in a car wash. He doesn’t say which number episode that is, though; so I shall just have to watch the whole lot.

Friendship demands it.

Just what I needed — another excuse for not working.