One of my favorite childhood toys was the infamous Easy Bake Oven. Incidentally, it fetched $4.00 at a garage sale in 1983.
I loved that I could make fresh baked brownies with nothing more than a pre-made mix, a splash of water and a 60watt bulb. Martha who I say?
Today I learned the Easy Bake Oven is being recalled because children’s fingers could be trapped and cause burns.
Are you serious? First of all, if your kid is ‘curious’ enough to stick his/her meaty paws in the pass through before the 10 minute cooking time it up, they deserve to get burned. By the way, when in the past 30 years, has there been a change to the Easy Bake Oven design except it that it may be safer to use?
I say if your stupid kid sticks his fingers in the tiny oven opening with an illuminated heat producing agent on the other side, the problem does not lie with the Easy Bake Oven design.
I see a Darwin Winner in the making!
What's the most famous movie you've never seen?
Submitted by Mike.
Star Wars... I was born in 1972 and I can honestly say I've never seen Star Wars, nor have any desire to see it!
Chicago is officially frozen. Lake Michigan and theChicago River look more like Antarctic ice bergs rather than water ways in a metropolitan city. With temperatures reading in the minuses, nothing can get or stay warm. This includes my office.
My office is a loft space that used to be the home of an old toy factory. Pretty neat history but someone should have told the builder that brick isn’t exactly the best insulation for -6 degrees. That is the actual air temp—not the wind chill.
Instead of fixing the problem of the insulation, the building manager eagerly handed out rickety space heaters, upon request, to keep the various office tenants warm (also see: people who bitch).
I have one of these rickety space heaters and could swear it’s the same one my grandmother had in her home 35 years ago. The outside of the heater is all metal with no place to touch the heater to reposition it while it is turned on. I guess burning a hole in my favorite jeans will have to do. Then there is the non-descript temperature dial. The dial reads OFF and HIGH. It would appear OFF and ON would provide more clarity since there is no LOW or MEDIUM to choose.
Throughout the day my rickety space heater randomly turns itself on and off. It seems like it is off more than on but when it is on, it cranks out the heat.
I called the building guy to see if they had any more heaters and they are out. I’m assuming I’m not the only cold, bitchy chick in the building. Unfortunately, now I have this rickety, randomly illuminated space heater that really should be in the Smithsonian instead of under my desk. The alternative is no space heater.
Hmm. Rickety wins.
Stay warm!
