The art of complaining while cooking

	The art of complaining while cooking
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It's not my fault I'm not just a cook around our house. I have a life, and it interferes with cooking.

The baby needed more water boiled. I had given him his bottle, and he took a whole two ounces out of the three I had made up. I'm glad I didn't fill the bottle!

I put the kettle on to boil, not even at Max. I put the little metal thingy over the end of the spout so it would, hopefully, whistle when it was done.

Then I went back to what I was doing. I know, that's the way to burn water, but I swear I was listening for the kettle.

What I was working on was a gripe list for game programmers, "disguised" as wholesome advice.

How to write a good race game

Make sure the player can turn off that dumb announcer. So what if my car is facing the wrong way during a 360 degree spin! I don't want to hear the guy saying, yet again, "You might try heading in the RIGHT direction!", like I can't tell what way I'm supposed to be going!
And when I go into a spin toward the stands, why should I bounce off some invisible wall and stay on the track? Why can't I land upside down in the stands, or fly over the stands into the parking lot or the river? These games are about fun, not just ...

About that point the kettle boiled, and I actually noticed. I turned off the burner without an accident, and once again, when it cooled, there would be boiled water to make formula for the baby.

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