23 December: Housefire? Nearly!
A word of warning, kids, so that you don't make the same mistake this poor fool did:

never, ever, put soup on to heat, then leave the stove unattended while you go downstairs to your PC to type emails to your nearest and dearest. There is a good chance that the soup WILL START BURNING, leading to all sorts of unpleasantries, like billowing clouds of black smoke in your kitchen, smoke detectors going off, and having to throw out both a perfectly good meal of soup, and a perfectly good saucepan. Oh, and having nothing to eat for dinner, either.

Bleh. Anyone who wants to point and laugh at my stupidity, I probably deserve it.

After two days, the stink of burnt chicken still hasn't left the house 
| ¶ 12:58 pm