beachlass | (no subject)

So yesterday I managed to set fire to the oven while cooking a frozen pie.

No wait. Let me explain.

There was frozen pie in the oven - a locally made turkey pie that is so yummy, and it takes a while, so partway through, I put a wedge of brie on what I thought was an ovenproof plate, so we could have brie, and crackers, and some of my mother's red pepper jelly.

Problem was the plate wasn't ovenproof, so I cracked and the brie spilt onto the oven floor. And then melted down somehow into the space for the gas burners.

Brie is really flammable, you guys. Just in case you were wondering. I've now done the research.

I turned off the oven, and threw baking soda in. My son was suitably entertained, and advocated for cracking open the fire extinguisher. Eventually it went out.

Today I ran the cleaning cycle on the oven and refilled the house with smoke.

Oh yeah. And fell down the front steps carrying the compost container, so I've been icing and elevating my ankle on and off this afternoon.

*facepalm* But, you know, really enjoying that I've almost had two days off in a row.

Tonight it's homemade turkey soup, and we've been watching movies, and reading.

Recommendations:

Manufactured Landscapes by Ed Burtynsky. Guys. The opening shot. The scale of industrialization is mindbending.
Spirit Gate by Kate Elliott - At first I thought, "Eh, another soul-bonded animal story", but it's not really at all. Lots of characters and intersecting plots, totally engaged by this series and am starting the second book.
The Age of Stupid - very, very watchable film about climate change (with Pete Postlethwaite!) - with an archivist from the future narrative frame.
RED - went with my son one night this week, and if you can set aside some of the Magical Negro trope, it was really enjoyable. No one is under-acting in it, that's for certain.