It tells me things that are obviously around room temperature are 700 degrees. I replaced the probe once and that fixed the problem, but only for a month or so. I have no idea why.

sarameg, hilarious!

It tells me things that are obviously around room temperature are 700 degrees

Oh, no. mine seems reasonable. When the chicken wasn't reading the temperature CI said it should, it was also leaking quite pink. It may be off, but not radically, and hopefully not unhealthily.

I don't take the temp of pieces cooked smaller than whole, and I'm reasonably sure my mother never took the internal temperature of a chicken ever. Is my salmonella thing OTT?

Unrelatedly, I recently learnt my (retired) mother now teaches medical ethics.

I have no idea why. But it felt rude to ask, you know?

I lucked into some cheap strip steaks while picking up groceries for my parents, so plans to make pasta at home were put on hold until Tuesday. That cut of beef seems to work better for me in the kitchen than any other.

Were there really people who cried the time "ten o'clock and all's well"?

Night watchmen were the predecessors of the police, and were around in some form from the Middle Ages to the establishment of the modern police force. They were charged with patrolling a specific area from 10 p.m. to dawn. They called the time on the hour and watched for fires and crime. When they saw something, they raised the hue and cry to get citizens to respond.

I have an iron stomach when it comes to food poisoning. Everyone else is felled, I have nary a complaint. But I have other issues with 'normal' food. It's unfair.

le nubian, I arrived at the Y with SERIOUSLY mussed hair courtesy of the Lokes. My hairstylist always asks if I want product, and I tell her (always) only if I become masochistic (it's convenient that it makes Loki and Pumpkin want to bite my head because then I don't have to explain that Aveda gives me a headache after a few hours. Smells good, but apparently a headache trigger.)

Women, would you wear this to work? If so, what is your dress code? (And do you work for Jessica in Suits?)

I'm being frustrated by the random eBay labelling/tagging. I'd like to believe that retro meant out of period, styled old, and vintage meant it definitely was from the appropriate time period, But clothes aren't listed the way they were during my last binge. Or maybe I'm just stumbling outside the proper boundaries. But if they're selling multiple unworn...there can't be that many left over from 1972. Not cute.

I must go back to the hierarchy, and I must also not spend money. But, damn, if I could put together a cheap tux to wear to Megs wedding, I'd do it after hearing how her mother objected. One of her sisters wants to wear one too.

my boobs aren't out at work.

Women, would you wear this to work?

Good god, no. At least not in an office, and I would avoid wearing it to a work holiday party, even: too much boobage on display.

would not wear.