Matthattan

As an American, I couldn't agree with you more about our public transportation. Even in the Northeast, where it's at its best, it pales in comparison to other developed nations. There's sort of a mentality here that traveling in your own car is so obviously the most desirable thing to do that people who are passionate about trains and buses are freaks.

The penultimate scene would have been so much better if the conversation between Future Ted and the kids had been a Bob Saget voiceover, and only then cut to Josh Radnor racing across town to [spoiler].

Congressman, your party has generally resisted net neutrality. I don't understand that, because it seems to me that net neutrality preserves a competitive marketplace for content, which I would expect Republicans to support. Why do most members of your party not see it that way, and what have you done to try to persuade your former colleagues?

My wife says you are the one person she would leave me for. So I approve of your decision to move behind the camera. Can I convince you to stay there and stop being funny on television?

The biggest shock for me when my wife and I applied for a mortgage is that some lenders won't count the salary of a woman who is out on maternity leave toward her income, even if she is covered by a maternity leave policy that guarantees her job when she returns. And the kicker--those same lenders will count the salary of a man who is out on paternity leave, apparently because they assume men are going to go back to work but women will want to stay home with the kids.

I honestly can't believe that in the 21st century it isn't regarded as illegal sex discrimination to do this. So my question is: have you worked with lenders who make this sexist distinction, and if so, are they remotely conscious of how regressive it makes them look?