Ever since Dr. House got hooked on painkillers, “House” has veered away from its comfortably predictable formula of solving medical mysteries. And while that may or may not make the show better than it was before, there’s no denying that the writers are feeling more creative: the scene above is an obvious homage to the scene in Pulp Fiction where Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) interrogates Brett (see video below).

It’s not a shot-for-shot recreation — understandable, given the time constraints of television — and there’s an obvious dearth of F-bombs, but all in all I’d say it’s a well-executed and entertaining nod to Quentin Tarantino. And since no director borrows visuals quite like Tarantino, this may be the closest we’ll ever get to seeing a spaghetti western or crazy Japanese anime on Fox. (Until it becomes a softcore porn channel, of course. But that’ll happen gradually.)

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I don’t mention Olivia Wilde often because I try to encourage women to have huge boobs, but the truth of the matter is that the “House” actress/burgeoning movie star is one of the most exquisite women in Hollywood. The only downside to fantasizing about her is that she’s been married to an Italian prince for the last eight years (since she was 18), so losers like me never got those prime “I have a chance!” fantasies that happen when a celeb is single.

Well, break out your voodoo dolls and telephoto lenses, because it’s time to start obsessing the right way:

It’s over for Olivia Wilde and her husband Tao Ruspoli. The House M.D. actress and her husband have mutually agreed to separate after eight years of marriage, PEOPLE has learned.

“They have been living apart after trying for quite some time to make their relationship work,” says a source… Wilde’s rep confirmed the separation but no other information was available. [People]

Reached for comment, Ruspoli said, “Ay! A prince no good for bellissima no more? Why you gotta make-a Tao cry in his spaghetti?!?”

Anyway, there’s only one way for a blogger to properly celebrate this momentous occasion: an unnecessary slideshow of Wilde in various states of undress! YEE HAW! Come on, click! Click, you fools! I need to make rent.

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Carl Jones, a former assistant prop master for “House, M.D.,” is suing Universal (the show’s production studio), claiming that he was fired this spring because he didn’t engage in the totally awesome alleged behavior of his supervisors. From Fox 411:

In the suit, Jones claims he was harassed by two of his supervisors for refusing to engage in “visits to strip bars, participation in getting drunk, stoned or intoxicated on cocaine, to participate in sexual conduct at the trailer, and other dangerous conduct.”

More like dangerously AWESOME.

Jones claims the supervisors would often refer to him — and other employees — as “f*gs, pussies, b**ches, slaves, dummies, retards and idiots.”

I’m a man who enjoys a good slur, but even I can tell you that it’s wrong to call people figs.

In the docs, Jones claims he watched his supervisors get drunk on tequila and engage in “throwing a knife at a target on set.”

Hey, if there’s something else you’re supposed to do while drunk on tequila at work, I’m all ears. *throws knife at TV*

A few weeks ago, thousands of people emailed and tweeted at me to share this boobies and kittens video. Now, in a similar union of sexy and adorable, Olivia Wilde posted a picture on Twitter of herself with a baby goat. First she wrote “it took everything i had not to steal this goat. now i know why they only let kids in the petting zoo. dangerous.” But she linked to Gmail instead of the picture that had been taken. Then she followed up with, “oops. here is the aforementioned goat” with a link to the image above. Awww, even her mistakes are cute. If I ever get cancer, I want Olivia Wilde to break the news to me. I’d be like, “Wow, thanks! Can I have a hug?”

Previously: Olivia in GQ and Maxim’s Sexiest Woman

House, M.D. (Fox) — A man with a mysterious ailment receives potentially dangerous treatment from an antisocial but brilliant doctor. It’s a totally new episode!

Pot City, USA (A&E) — The show takes a look inside the illegal cultivation of marijuana in Humboldt County. Included: narcs totally harshing buzzes.

Heroes (NBC) — Rob at Topless Robot does a live-blog for this show every week. It makes me feel sorry for him.

U.S. Marshals: Operation FALCON (Discovery) — Law enforcement officials try to track down violent criminals. It has nothing to do with Balloon Boy.

Monday Night Football (ESPN) — Broncos at Chargers. I’ll be in an airplane for most of this, but you can follow along at the KSK live-blog and imagine the comments I would make if I were online.

Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC) — Whatever.

MLB Playoffs (TBS) — NLCS Game 4, Dodgers at Phillies. I’ve barely watched any playoff baseball over the last couple weeks. Are the Royals in it this year?

CSI: Miami (CBS) — Deadly farming practices cause a lethal outbreak. “The rural real estate market seems to have gotten better… A whole lotta people just bought the farm.” YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!