My new eatery

Every once in awhile, you stumble on a gem of an eatery that's so good, you just have to pinch yourself to believe it's real.

A couple of weeks ago, my son was visiting. He's a big Yelp poster and advised me that the highest rated restaurant in Beaverton was in the local shopping center 5 minutes from my house. I had heard it was good, but never tried it. The small corner shop has been a million different things over the years. Usually some kind of modified fast food . . . never something that really compelled to me to give it a try. And since all the previous places went out of business, my guess is they weren't all that good.

So, last Saturday we were in a hurry and needed a quick bite between engagements. I said let's try that place in the shopping center. It's call the Hapa Grill and the fare is fast Hawaiian. And, man is it ever good. I love to discover new kinds of food and believe me this is special. Entrees are in the $7-$10 range with lots of sides and even homemade desserts!

We were both blown away by our meals. I wrote a rave review on Yelp and am planning to go there for chow again tonight. In a way, my biggest worry is that too many others will discover it, they'll outgrow the space and have to move.

If you've not been there, you've got to give it a try.

The embarrassment of the Pac-11

Let's not mince words, Larry Scott is a moron and the Pac-11 presidents should fire him forthwith. The erstwhile Pac-16 commissioner sold the presidents a bill of goods about his ability to achieve dramatic expansion and ended up embarrassing everyone. What a MESS!

This guy was hired by the Pac-10 (before Colorado joined) with the promise that he had what it would take to achieve dramatic expansion of the conference that had become the laughing stock of college and pathetic TV income. Well, Scott got taken to the woodshed by the folks at UT, who turned the Pac-10 invite into more money for themselves and up their chances of increasing their dominance of the Big XII, which is now technically the Big X.

So, what you do now, besides fire Scott? Well, the Pac-11 must make the best of a horribly embarrassing situation. Left at the altar by the Big X, the Pac-11 is now probably forced to go after Utah from the Mountain West. That's the conference that Boise State just joined. Only good thing about that is that it kind of poops in BSU's punchbowl. No alligator tears here.

Scott is getting raked over the coals. He has royally screwed this up and now must figure out how to save face. I don't think it's possible. This one is too far gone. As he learned big-time, Don't Mess with Texas. According to reports, the Texans weren't impressed with Scott in their meetings last night. Gee, what a surprise!

Will Scott the bungler go after anyone else? Does anyone really care? He could go after BYU. Not sure Colorado State measures up or adds anything. After that, it's pretty slim pickings. Boise State is a joke. I mean, can you imagine USC going to Boise State? It ain't happening.

It's probably time to just make the best of a horrible deal. Go get Utah, lick your wounds and decide what to do about Scott after his blundering start.