One thing I really like about the television show "House, MD"

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. . . is that there is now, on American television, a male character who is cranky, in chronic pain, unshaven, haggard, walks with a cane, and is considered sexy.

Okay, I'm not as tall as Hugh Laurie, and I'm significantly heavier, but, still -- that's me on a bad day. . .