The Law & Order show on NBC prides itself on ripping its stories from the headlines.

So I sat up in my seat, while catching up with Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The episode, entitled "Reunion," is about the murder of a host of a TV show on rock 'n roll with a champagne bottle.

Detective Mike Logan (Christopher Noth) tells his partner, Detective Megan Wheeler (Julianne Nicholson) they need to start investigating. He asks what her plans for the evening had been.

Just back from living in the UK, Wheeler said she had a "Skype session" planned with her boyfriend in London.

It seems that everywhere I go lately I meet people who stay in touch with their squeezes around the country or around the world--on Skype.

Talk about ripped from the headlines. Wheeler, and the L&O writers, nailed it.