The Neon Nurse's Charting

I got some spam the other day where the subject line said, "Not for oversmart people". Talk about your truth in spamertizing, eh? And yet, the spammers know how to cover their bets, because the same bunch sent another spam later that same day with the subject "This is not for idiots". So I guess they are aiming for customers somewhere in the middle....

There has been more than the usual evidence of me not being oversmart lately, but tonight I really outdid myself when I tried to blow up our stove. Actually I was trying to clean it with a little more zeal than usual. The stove has used to have a clock on the front with a buzzy timer and such. The faceplate had gotten seriously grimy and I got the bright idea to try to pop it off and clean it REALLY WELL.

Instead of the plexiglass face popping off, the whole clock mechanism popped OUT. While I was trying to figure out what to try next, I somehow touched the leads of the wiring to the metal edge of the stove wall...and was treated to a short but exciting fireworks display.

We were planning to buy a new stove soon anyhow.

The good part is, I didn't get hurt, and also the stove still works after I fixed all the clockish wires so they can't leak electricity. The CLOCK doesn't work, but it didn't before either, so that's no big. All we have to do now is remember that the safely light which is supposed to light when the elements are turned on doesn't anymore....

In other not oversmart news, I almost have things working right on the new computer. In general, I feel that this project should not have taken me a week to complete. More about that soon.