Heart attack A.C.: The Pats of old are back, the ones we bit our nails for every game. The Bills beat themselves -- literally, with QB J.P. Losman brought down in his own end zone by Ty Warren to give us the winning two points, 19-17.

Buffalo News: A FALSE START.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - One of the messages the Buffalo Bills' coaches gave to their players at their team meeting Saturday night was this: Don't expect the New England Patriots to beat themselves.

Twenty-four hours later, that was the big reason the Patriots' winning streak over the Bills was still intact.

In a season-opening game that pitted two teams at far less than full strength, the Bills made a handful of little mistakes that the Patriots never seem to make, and it cost them a 19-17 decision. ...

This was Patriots coach Bill Belichick's 100th regular-season win as a coach. He's 100-77.

Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins kick off Monday Night Football at 7 on ESPN tonight; San Diego at Oakland follows at 10:15 on the same channel, if you just can't get enough.

Great recipe: I bought a batch of native produce at the farmer's market Saturday, and used it in a Roasted Vegetable Tian for gametime yesterday -- perhaps the easiest and best vegetable recipe I've ever made.

The concept is simple -- slice vegetables uniformly about 1/4-inch thick, stack them in a baking dish like Oreos in their trays, and bake twice, once with foil, once with not, adding cheese when you take off the foil.

First time I've seen the family going for seconds on a veggie side dish.

The basic recipe, from the blog The Unemployed Cook by Marianne Canada of Knoxville, Tenn., is below. I modified it in several ways: I used red peppers, carrots and summer squash in addition to small potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes. With so many vegetables I used a larger glass pan -- 9 x 14 -- but didn't need to extend the cooking time.

I used more cheese -- Comte, because Gruyere was expensive yesterday, but you could use Emmenthaler or plain Swiss -- it melts into a nutty underflavor. I also added some fresh basil and the flowers of lemon thyme that I didn't want to go to seed, but those flavors vanished. Next time, I might also add a bit of wine when I add the cheese, for a flavorful sauce.

Roasted Vegetable Tian serves about 4

To get the best effect, choose vegetables that are close to the same diameter. I like to use Campari tomatoes and small red bliss or Yukon gold potatoes.

Also, this recipe is easily doubled. To do so, just use a larger baking dish so you still get the same visual impact.

olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, sliced thinly
1 garlic clove, minced or grated
3-4 medium potatoes, peels on and cleaned
2 medium zucchini
5-6 small to medium tomatoes
sea salt
freshly ground pepper (I like white or green peppercorns best)
dried thyme (or fresh thyme, if you have it)
2 oz. Gruyere (any harder cheese will work--Parmesan is good)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Brush a square baking dish with olive oil. In a skillet, heat a couple of splashes of olive oil and cook the onions over medium-low heat until translucent and just golden (6-8 minutes). Add garlic and cook another minute. Spread this mixture on the bottom of a dish.

Slice the rest of the vegetables into quarter inch slices. Layer them in the dish on top of the onions as shown in the picture, fitting them tightly in one layer. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and thyme and drizzle evenly with one more Tbsp of oil. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the potatoes are tender. Uncover the dish, sprinkle the cheese evenly across the top, and bake for another 30 minutes, or until browned and wonderfully fragrant. Serve warm.

There's just enough left today to bring it to work for lunch.

Here at last: On March 22, 2002 I blogged,

TYPE ON WOOD: A full-size, fully functional virtual keyboard that projects onto any surface debuted this week at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, Germany. The virtual interface from Israel's Developer VKB Inc. can be integrated into mobile phones and laptops or used in sterile medical environments. The mini-projector, right, that detects the "typing" also simulates a mousepad.

Now, 4 1/2 years later, you can buy one at ThinkGeek for $179.99: Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard.

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The Best Movies You've Never Seen: The many commenters agree.

My fight with Amazon Unbox: CNet's Tom Merritt emphatically does not recommend Amazon's new video download offering:

...So, in summary, to be allowed the privilege of purchasing a video that I can't burn to DVD and can't watch on my iPod, I have to allow a program to hijack my start-up and force me to login to uninstall it? No way.

More: Programmer Shelley Powers found she couldn't uninstall it, and blogs the email she got from Amazon detailing seven steps to uninstall it, which ends,

You can also check if there are multiple copies of the installer in your Task Manager. If there is an instance running please end the task on this. The process name should end in "msi." If there are multiple instances of this installer and you can not end task on these because they are locked by the system or if the previous steps do not work, you may have to consult a local PC technician to assist you further.

Shelley notes, "Aside from being intimidating to a non-tech, these instructions are inaccurate..." just before she digs into her system to uninstall it manually.

No way.

State of Grace: "...alleviate the suffering, and start with oneself."