Well, it's been sort of hard to keep up with online things recently as both of our computers have been hosed for the past month or so. That's why two of our webcams (the TV cam and the Desktop cam) haven't been on, and why if you've been sending us any e-mail it may as of yet have gone unanswered. This should change this weekend, however, as both computers should be back up and running (knock on wood, cross my fingers).

Last Saturday, we watched "Wit" with Emma Thompson and Christopher Lloyd. This has got to be the worst film ever. It's all about a terminal cancer patient and her ordeals with chemotherapy. You actually see her ralphing on screen. It's a great motivational piece. NOT! We also watched "Life is Beautiful", an Italian comedy film about the Holocaust. Yet another motivational film. Okay, so Saturday was pretty depressing. The funny thing is that I got both of them (from the library bus) because I thought they were 'chick flicks' and therefore that Misti might like them. As it turned out, neither one of us liked either of them. "Life is Beautiful" actually started out pretty funny, but when the guy dies at the end, it's a real bummer. I was really hoping that the whole family would make it through the ordeal alive, that's all. A funny movie about an unfunny subject... hmmmm.   =(

We had the most disgusting, horrible chicken wings ever at Red's Old 395 Grill in Carson City. The wings were served warm (some of the tips were still cold, but the insides were hot - sounds like they microwaved them), and the wings aren't just the one section that everyone is used to, it's all three sections of the chicken's wing, so it's way too big. Since the wings weren't really cooked well enough, they were squishy and stringy, not crisp. The sauce tasted nasty, too hot and yet served cold - a terrible combination, yuck! Two thumbs down, definitely. We visited Michelle, Kenzie, and Hayden briefly afterward at their home in Moundhouse. Before all that, we attended the Northern Nevada Computer Show, held at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. It wasn't bad for the first one, especially in such a small city as Reno. I would expect next year's show to be bigger, however, or else it would have to be deemed a failure. I have since spoken to a couple of the vendors, and they both stated that they were told a couple of thousand people would show up, but the actual attendance was much less than this. We picked up a few good things, however, like some free teeshirts, some software for a buck, and some good information and contacts to take back to work with me.

We also babysat Bonny on Saturday night and watched yet another DVD, this time a good, funny one: "America's Sweethearts" with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, and Seth Green (Scott from Austin Powers). It was so good that we have now seen it at least 5 or 6 times since. The DVD is good because one side is Pan and Scan (full screen), and the other side is widescreen, so no matter which you like best, you're covered with this one.

On Sunday, we celebrated Rick's birthday. Heather got him a Samsung DVD/VHS combo player, and Misti, Becca, and I got him a gift certificate to Bertha Miranda's and some Heinz 57 Sauce (which is his favorite steak sauce) - the latter as a joke, of course. By the way, does anyone have a list of the actual 57 different Heinz products? I visited their websites (there are several of them), and am now confused because they have way more products than that, 142 to be exact. The problem is that if you decide that they must mean only the sauces (a bottle of Heinz 57 Sauce states that there are 57 different varieties), then there aren't enough, as I was only about to count 10 sauces. When it boils down to it, Heinz is primarily in the baby food business. Check out my list of their products to see why.

We also played "It Came To Pass" again, and Rick was actually winning most of the game until we introduced some "draw 10" cards (house rules are the best) into the deck, and things went downhill from there for him. He ended up during one hand having to draw like 44 cards, and he ended up with something like 760 points just from one round. Poor guy (and at his own birthday party)!

I found some wonderful new yogurt at the store that I really like: Glen Oaks Drinkable Low-Fat Yogurt. It's really quite tasty.