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Reminder to self:
When baking store-bought frozen pie shells or any other aluminum-ware which has those tiny holes on the bottom, *always* place them on a baking sheet!!

Oil dripped out from the holes to the bottom of my oven and caused horrible smoky fumes. Since the pies weren't finished baking, I thought it made most sense to put up with the continuing fumes until the pies were done, then to clean the oven later. That was yesterday. Today, I'm still trying to get the smoky smell out from the house.

If this ever happens again, it would be better to remove the food from the oven *right away* when I notice something like this happening, deal with the oven, and finish cooking the food later.

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I'm happy to report that the neighbor is not keeping that dog in the cage most of the time. I haven't seen it in there since that other day. I still can't figure out why they put it in there in the first place, and the cage is still there, but at least it is empty.

cultural genderizing

Cultural genderizing. It happens all the time. It irks me when I encounter it.

Buying the girls pink gift-cards that say "Princess" on them, while buying the boys gift-cards which show tools or a cellphone on them.

Saying that the little boy is "good-looking".. mentioning that one isn't sure whether they can still call him "pretty"; the mother replying that maybe they can still call him pretty for another year.

Teasing a boy, "When I said "girl", you looked over at me!".

Dressing the children up in gender-specific clothing. So that even with a tiny baby, a stranger knows whether it is a boy or a girl simply based on the color and style of the clothes.

In a store, a little boy pointing at an item of clothing, and the adult saying "No, that's for girls". In another store, another set of kids and adults, and a similar thing happening.