Plain Jane

Is there something wrong with wanting things simple? I watch allot of Food Network (even though I can't cook anything not microwavable...lol), and notice that with the occasional exception of Rachel Ray or when they're specifically trying to do something simple, they make things unnecessarily complicated.

With Thanksgiving coming up, the little woman is getting her recipes together for Thursday's dinner. Usuaully everyday dinner consists of us eating two totally different things, even if we are eating the same thing. With people coming over this week, some preparing their own dishes to bring, I'm sure this will be just as bad.

Now, I don't totaly want anything fancy, but I just prefer it simple. I mean, I rememebr watching Food Network one day and they took mac & cheese and made it uber-complicated. On top of that, it didn't look that great, and if I remember right, only 1 of the judges liked it. The other two and the people that they prepared it for hated it.

I'm just a simple guy, I guess.

There is a line I was told when I was student teaching, K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid). Maybe this guy that jacked up mac & cheese should have thought about it.

Blackout issues

As some of you may know, last week the power was out around here. It finally came back on Saturday. Since then, some of the electronics have been having some issues.

The microwave clock seems to be bit dim. This could just be the way I'm looking at it, though.

My desktop was working perfectly fine before the outage, and now it's saying it can't start windows because it can't find it or its corrupt. Thank goodness for the laptop. Oh, did I mention, that the hard drive was making clicking noises? From what I've heard, that's a sign that it's nearing its end. Poor thing. I wish I could find a way to at least access the files on there before they get lost forever, though. I've talked to some of my computer geek friends about it and they're going to get back to me. Anyone else out there have any ideas/suggestions?

The microwave is no big, the comp is, though, but the next one is just annoying. My television is acting funky. I thought it was something to do with the remote, but the controls on the set won't even work. The menu screen comes up on its own and then any control over it is shot to hell. However, after a few monotonous button pressing things get back to normal...for a little while. Then it starts again. Oh, and unplugging it and plugging it back in doesn't help. Oy! Another issue that wasn't had before the blackout. Anyone got any ideas what's up with the TV? I'm stumped! It's annoying the piss out of me!