On tonight's episode of How I Met Your Mother , Ted celebrated his thirtieth birthday. Having turned 30 myself this year, I know what Ted's going through when he said he wants to get rid of the stuff he doesn't have any use for anymore. Then again, for me that consists mostly of junk I've been hanging onto since college, paperback novels, VHS tapes and that sort of thing.
The humanization of Barney continues. How I Met Your Mother loves to sledgehammer sitcom conventions to bits, and tonight's episode ("The Goat") defied one of the greatest: the resolution of conflict between main characters. In a typical sitcom, a serious...