Back to Lawry's The Prime Rib

It’s been another rough week in terms of staying positive. At work, some recent stresses finally came to a climax. Hopefully, things will go more smoothly from here on, but it was a struggle getting to and through this point. At home, things are getting a little better, in that for the first time since January, we don’t have any pending repairs at this time (knock wood). On the other hand, the repairs this year took a financial toll, and that necessitated cutting back on some travel plans. On top of that, my wife discovered some sort of repetitive motion injury to her wrist. Considering that she needs to use a computer mouse for work, this is of some concern to us. Fortunately, she consulted with a doctor, and we have a plan to manage that problem.

It hasn’t all been bleak, however. This month marked the 80th anniversary of Lawry’s The Prime Rib, and they were celebrating with a special $80-for-two meal, and we decided to take advantage of that offer. I wrote about Lawry’s on this blog just a couple of months ago, but we tried a couple of new items this time, so I thought I would share this most recent visit with you all.

Immortal Hulk & The Amazing Spider-Man (not a team-up)

While this past week has been another big pain in the butt, both in terms of the news of the world and in my own life, I’m feeling a little bit happier than I did last week. For one thing, it turns out our water softener doesn’t need repairs at this time, which means for the first time since January, we don’t have something in the house that needs repairing. For another—and this may seem like a little thing, but sometimes it’s the little things that get you through the rough patches—I’ve found a couple of new Marvel comics to feel excited about. I mean, I feel excited about all the comics I read, otherwise I stop reading them, but Marvel just relaunched a couple of favorite characters in new books that have me even more excited than I had been. Those two comics: The Immortal Hulk and Amazing Spider-Man.

Some spoilers after the jump.

TV Themes

Apologies for not posting anything last week. Things have been crazy here for the past few months, particularly in terms of stuff needing repair in our house. For those of you playing “Problems with Andrew’s House” Bingo at home, you can now fill in the “water main needed replacing,” “sewer main needed replacing,” and “water heater broke and needed replacing/water damage to garage” squares. This would be in addition to the “turns out most of the wiring in the house needed replacing and probably caught the attic on fire at one point” and “water leak in dining room ceiling with evidence of previous, undisclosed leaks from previous owner” squares you could have filled in earlier.