Here’s how it happened:

Because there was nothing good on the Tivo, and Noell and I wanted some additional boxed entertainment, we quickly visited the iTunes Store, and downloaded Season 1, Episode 1, entitled “Pilot.”

The show was significantly better than I had imagined. The character development was excellent and authentic. The plots and subplots were interesting. The setting, a Seattle educational hospital, was foreign enough to cause ample amounts of fascination. The acting was superb. And the main character, Meredith Grey, was completely adorable.

Like millions of other people around the world, I am now hooked. I’m looking forward to playing catch-up on all the episodes between number one and the present.

This is far off the subject of video, although it’s slightly connected through the brilliant Apple commercials featuring “I’m a Mac. I’m a PC.”

The news is simply this:

The iTunes store is giving away the funniest audiobook I’ve ever heard. It’s called “The Areas of My Expertise,” and it’s written and read by John Hodgman (think “I’m a PC”).

The thing is brilliant, and I’ve been laughing all morning. Please trust me on this one, and follow this link. It will open the iTunes Store, where you will find the book available for download (free at the time I’m writing this).

As Hodgman frequently says on his own blog…

That is all.