time so the power went out. shit. well, at least i wasn't doing anything important. minutes later the fire trucks go sirening by. minutes later the power comes back on. great. now i can go back to doing nothing. cause i wasn't finished. except. sigh. all the clocks need to be reset. b's clock requires the masculine touch. ie ya gotta press the shit out of the hour button to get the time to change. stupid thing. the others work just fine. the microwave is painless. press the clock button. type in the time. i really appreciate when things are done well. the oven on the other hand is a pain in the ass. it's got an analog clock and a digital clock. and they get out of sync when the power goes out. the manual is long lost. and prayers to google say good riddance. cause those instructions don't work anyways. even the instructions that do "work" kinda suck. cause the people who write them are frikken morans. so here's how you synchronize the analog and digital clocks on your viking oven. 1. this procedure is easiest at around 12:00. noon or midnight. don't care. 2. press and release the start time button. 2. wait for the display to go blank. 3. immediately and simultaneously press and release the timer button and the start time button. 4. set the analog time to 12:01 using the set dial. 5. wait for the display to start flashing. 6. set the digital time to 12:01 using the set dial. 7. wait for the display to go blank. yay! they're in sync. now you need to set the time: a. simultaneously press and hold the timer button and the bake hours button. b. set the digital time using the set dial. c. wait. d. watch the analog hands spin round and round. e. say, bwah hah hah hah hah. f. do it again. i printed these instructions. and taped them to the inside of the cabinet door above the oven. not a frikken moran.  ¶ 8:00 AM