I made myself homemade chicken tenders and fries last night. I bought a bag of pre-cut frozen tenders, but everything else I did myself - cutting, spicing, and baking the potato wedges, breading and frying the tenders, and making the country gravy from mix.

It came out pretty good - the tenders especially were cooked just right.

my "I made eggs and talked at the same time!" claim.

Most mornings I could not pull that off.

Some mornings, I don't know if I could pull off either alone until I'd been up for a while.

In me me me news, I got my oven to light. I checked the Hotpoint site and it looks like all their 20-inch stoves are self-igniting without a pilot light. So last night I gave it a try - turns out that if I wait for a little while, both burners and ovens will light on their own ... I just got nervous about gas pouring out and didn't wait long enough.

Oh that's good news, Toddson.

I'm glad that's working for you now, Toddson.

Say, did anyone else get an Amazon "holiday wishbook" in the mail? I think they're trying for a Sears Christmas catalog feel. And I think they're kinda hitting it, although I like to think Sears had somewhat fewer labor violations. At least, after the '30s.

The kitty's Advent calendar was delivered less than 24 hours after I ordered it. That's service! I didn't pick next-day shipping; just the flat-rate option. So now we need to hide it until December 14.

Calli, I just handed that catalog off to ltc so she can circle things she wants.

My town is currently a maze of different detours of construction projects, and every time I pass a group of construction workers and cops talking to each other without masks on I get angrier and angrier.

Much the same here, sj, minus the cops. And me thinking "hope they have ICU beds left for you, ignorant motherfuckers!"

I have not yet received an Amazon catalog, but since my ballot wasn't mailed until yesterday I sure hope a catalog isn't gumming up the works.

I've seen multiple friends on fb or elsewhere ask for a ride to the airport, in the past few days. Which is frustrating—I know there are some folks that feel they have to travel (for a sick family member, say) or are appropriately quarantining on either end and combining with testing and whatnot, but man it makes me annoyed I'm doing the "right" thing when I really want to be going somewhere and seeing someone (anywhere, anyone!)

There are like 4 cops being paid goodness knows how much to direct traffic at every construction site and you know they are also interacting with the public.