Now today was a day with accomplishments. I got a haircut, I picked up some groceries, I did some creative type stuff and I still got to relax and enjoy the day.

One of the less enjoyable elements of the day was during the cooking process. For years now (pretty much since the start of university) I've had to use a combination of pot holders and/or dish towels anytime I had to take something out of the oven. If you've ever tried this yourself you probably know it's a bit more awkward than using an oven mitt. The two main concerns are using too many dish towels, which makes it hard to hold on to the tray and using too few or folding them in such a way that the spot your fingers touches the tray isn't protected very well. This has led to my getting the occasional finger burn and near tray drop. Today, I've finally decided that I should really invest in an oven mitt.

I was cooking fish and chips this afternoon and I had to take the tray out so I could flip the food over. I took the tray out of the oven and did the flipping thing. Then I put the tray back in the oven. Just after I had done so I thought that the dish towel seemed awfully hot on my fingers. I looked down to realize that one of the towels was aflame.

I threw the on the (linoleum) floor and beat the fire out pretty quickly with the other dish towel so the towel was only partially singed. The flames were a good 4-5 inches high when I first noticed the situation so I'm surprised the towel didn't take more damage. I did get a slight burn on my finger from the fire (probably from the pre my realizing it was a fire) but it felt fine again after only a couple hours so it was a very minor burn. In conclusion, oven mitts, good. Jury-rigged oven mitts, bad.

The bizarre dream streak reached its third day today as well as I had a dream that seemed like something out of an episode of Outer Limits. It didn't have the narrator or the cool intro but it was semi-futuristic and it did have the last minute swerve that is common to so many episodes of that show.

Quote of the YesterDay: "Well, what better place to celebrate your recovery than amidst the frenzied excitement of the casino floor."
- Homer
Hbaka gets credit on this one for his second point!

Quote of the Day: "Hamburgers. The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast."
-?

I also got around to tallying up the points via a spreadsheet. So far there have been 24 chances for points with 20 points given out. Here's the rankings (maybe I'll get more ambitious and do up a table at some point but for now this will have to do:

Captain Bustin - 8 pts
Science Officer Yume Ryuu - 7 pts
Lieutenants Hbaka and Peasel - 2 pts a piece
Ensign Yume's friend Erin - 1 pt
Redshirts - 0 pts

I've got some other cool facts from the spreadsheet too (like how many quotes from what show were guessed by which person). Maybe I'll post those another time.

Remember, only two days left to enter to win the Superfriends DVD!