Yes, Ryan finally broke down and let me buy my big toy. Hopefully this will mean a large chunk of my free time will now be shifted from doing "tv research" on the Internet to saving humanity from it's downward spiral of sin.

It seems once it gets dark and all you see is the picture, the TV doesn't seem too big. The image just sucks you in and fondles your eyeballs. It's only in the glare of daylight that it sticks out. That makes me happy.

Matt - glad to hear you're gonna try and post more. Maybe I will too... and Kate, I thought you were going to abandon us for new friends. What a nice surprise to see your posts coming in from the Pacific time zone.

Now I'm off to fiddle with my big TV and feel guilty for buying such an obcene piece of electronics while there are hungry, cold, and naked people starving in the world.