Poland, Plotting, and Parting Shots

• Did David Weber live in Southern Poland at some point? (Or, alternatively, did his family come from the part of Germany which became part of Poland after WWII?) Because I've read the first two books in the Honor Harrington series so far, and there's a planet (I think) called Silesia--the name of the region in which I'm currently living--and a Havenite ship called Breslau, which is the German name for Wroclaw, the nearest big city to my town. It's weirding me out!
• I have watched the trailer for the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie, and I LOVE IT. First: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, AND Rachel McAdams? Delish! And while I'm not certain how Holmesian Holmes actually is, I feel an argument could be made for Sherlock Holmes: BRILLIANT CRACKHEAD.
• I enjoyed the season finale of House (5.24: Both Sides Now). Like, a lot. Though they seem to be employing the same narrative tricks over and over and over again. Not that they aren't still somewhat effective (on me, at least), but certainly they've gone back to the well quite a few times. It's not exactly lazy writing, but it's certainly lazy storytelling. The acting continues to be top-notch, and as we all know, I will forgive a show many things if the acting is good. (I don't forgive the showrunners and writers. Just the show.)
• In my latest care package, a hardcover edition of In-N-Out Burger was placed, like a crown jewel, at the top. Now, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a displaced Californian must be in want of a double-double, animal style, with a Neopolitan shake on the side. The book, I thought, was a taunt from my loving sister. BUT NO. It was my mother! WHAT. There is something wrong with a world in which my mother psychs me out.