Jack & Jack (not a drink)

Today we went to Jack Falstaff for the aformentioned Dine About Town lunch--can't really complain: $21.95 for a cream of wild mushroom soup with truffle oil, scallop ravioli with ahi tuna confit and baby spinach, and a creme caramel with dulce de leche ice cream and caramelized pineapples. :-)

Then tonight, I had my second dose of a different Jack. I have to admit all the "setting up" that they're doing for future episodes is getting sorta tedious, but I also think that 24 fans are pretty masochistic when it comes to how much predictable BS we can stand on the show. My friend Sarah P. is right--shows like 24 should really be watched on DVD--meaning the whole damn season in one fell swoop on a summer day with a big tub of ice cream and pizza. (Okay, she said the one fell swoop part and I added the food.)

Oh, and by the way, all hail the return of my tivo. The last few weeks with my new-and-beautiful-yet-tivo-less flatscreen has been wreaking havoc on my television consumption. (Did I mention that I missed the last two weeks of Desperate Housewives? Not to mention the season premiere of The Shield--argh.) It took me three trips to Radio Shack yesterday and a clear and thorough understanding of what "piggyback cables" are (no, don't go there), but finally, the familiar sound of my tivo's "boop boop" has returned--and once again, my life has changed.