The vast majority of my weekend can be summed up in two words -- "Ally McBeal." Over the last few days, I pulled out the video tapes and watched all 23 episodes, plus the crossover episode of "The Practice." Given that it's an hour-long show... well, you can do the math as well as I.
One thing I noticed about "Ally McBeal" is that, whenever I began to think "I think that such-and-such is a problem," they would have an episode in which they dealt with "such-and-such". When Ally's getting a little too nuts, she goes into therapy. When John Cage is winning too many cases, he loses one. When Renee is acting a bit too sexually reckless, she's shown the dangers.
Plus I love the way in which things reappear after a few episodes. It gives everything a sense of continuity and importance, rather than just introducing the thing for the first time at the start of the episode. Of course, that's also a disadvantage, because I think it makes it very difficult for a new viewer to get into the show. It's a bit like trying to become part of a group of friends who constantly make in-jokes and veiled references to past events.
Enough about Ally. Most of the remainder of my weekend can be summed up in three words -- "Age of Empires." That's a computer game from Microsoft that's similar to "Warcraft." There's not much else to say about that.
Yes, the weekend was entirely a tribute to the concept of "electronic home entertainment."
My Life by the Numbers
Thursday: 230.5 pounds.
Friday: 230 pounds.
Saturday: 230.5 pounds.
Sunday: 231 pounds.
Yesterday: 231 pounds. I seem to have stalled.
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