Meeting the family.

It’s a simple event, really, but it’s the cause of about 14 tons of anxiety in every new relationship. Will his mother like you? Will your Significant Other’s father approve of your becoming the Other Half?

Would you fall in love with someone your family and friends didn’t like? In the new novel “Whiskey Road” (c.2008, Washington Square Press, $13.00 / $15.50 Canada, 277 pages) by Karen Siplin, Caleb falls for Jimi Anne, despite nearly an entire towns’ worth of disapproval.

From 1978 to 1982 Americans tuned into “The Incredible Hulk” starring Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk and Bill Bixby as Dr. David Bruce Banner, the guy you didn’t want to make angry. We thrilled at the transformation and the bad guys getting their butts kicked by The Hulk, whom we knew as the great wrestler Lou Ferrigno. And have no fear, Ferrigno returns as the voice of The Hulk and a security guard.