NewsFlash: Man Bludgeons Computer Into Submission...

Yes, the heavy, heavy mace of uninstalling and reinstalling various drivers has resulted in the previously unthinkable, unattainable goal - I can record TV onto my hard drive. Last night, I recorded about two minutes worth of (shudder) America's Funniest Home Videos. I swear I wasn't watching it on purpose. And now I've memorialized two minutes of it into the electronic Etch-A-Sketch that is my computer hard drive.

The weekend was fun. We've been living in apartments about a block from a particular pricey restaurant. I've wanted to go in there and have dinner ever since we moved in, but welive in downtown Lake O., and this is one of those restaurants attached to one of those too cool outdoor malls. But Saturday, we went and had lunch. Rotisserie chicken. Asparagus. Garlic Mashed Potatoes. And unlike the other pricey restaurant that Reeta and I have been to (we're the last of the big spenders - we've been to two restaurants that we thought were pricey but were probably well out of the 4 star range), this was actually satisfying. Good grief, I had something like 1/2 a chicken. Didn't eat it all, obviously, and that's okay with me.

But we've also discovered the "Two Brothers Texas Grill" on State St. in Lake Oswego. Brisket. 4 types of sauce. Unfortunately, Reeta and I didn't specify the kind of sauce we wanted, and they brought us the brisket drowned in "Memphis" barbeque sauce.

Now, maybe it's just me, but if the sign on the door says "Texas Barbeque", that sauce shouldn't be the Southern, Non-Texas-Style-Sauce. So, we'll go back, but we'll definitely tell them in advance that Reeta is a real Texan, and that we want a) to choose our sauce, and b) put it on the side, please.

We also went and saw Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, which I thought was very cleverly done. And while death and destruction seemed to plague the Baudelaire children wherever they went, it was at the end a movie about hope, and going on despite obstacles, no matter what they might be. It almost makes me want to read the books, but honestly, I don't have the time. After all, I'm in law school.

And reading the Count of Monte Cristo. Edmond escaped from the Chateau d'If last night, gained the trust of a band of smugglers, and recovered the treasure. Then, he found the first of the conspirators, Caderousse, had opened an inn. He'll be dealt with tonight, I think.