Well, they finally had a new episode of Kitchen Nightmares this week.

As for The Next Iron Chef, I'm eager for it to end, already. It's just a clone of Top Chef - even down to the "airline challenge". And the bickering among the judges just seems to be more annoying than enlightening.

Speaking of Iron Chef, it seems The Food Network has put the Japanese version on ice again; it's off their schedule. I still like that show, and I'm sure that nowhere near all the episodes have been shown in the US. I'm sick and tired of Rachael Ray, and I'm getting weary of the reruns of Alton Brown's old shows. When The Food Network chooses a "flavor of the month" they really run it into the ground.

Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."