The Cuoco Continuum

As readers know, I'm a fan of The Big Bang Theory. I've always had trouble, however, with Kaley Cuoco, who plays the babe living next door. She's never seemed that hot to me.

Then I saw her on the street last week. Before I recognized who she was, my first thought was "what a cute girl!"

That's what Hollywood does to us. (Hollywood the concept, not the place. Hollywood the place allows me to run into Kaley Cuoco.) The gal who plays the "girl next door" that the hero ends up with after he fails to get the "hot chick," would, in real life, be the hot chick herself.