Helpful Hints
DEAR HELOISE: After reading "Doesn't Compute" from a previous column, I just couldn't help writing to you for the first time. When we visit a couple of our all-time best friends, they often say, "Let's watch some TV after eating dinner." They bring up a station with a good show or movie, and we settle down to watch. Within minutes, I realize I'm watching the program by myself. All I see is the top of their heads looking down.