Man, same here, separate band saved my bacon too!

Man, that gave me chills. A buddy of mine had something like this happen at a coffee shop, where he was sketching out a sci-fi thing about a kid who keeps finding his own name carved into things. Some random guy at the next table just looked over and said, "The kid did it to himself, right?" My friend nearly fell out of his chair because that was the big twist he had not even written down yet. Turns out the guy was a retired teacher who read way too many stories and just picked up on the pattern. My friend changed the whole ending after that talk, made the kid way more guilty and messed up. One weird detail from a stranger can crack your whole story open, and you never forget it.

My wife laughed at me for two years because I only ever made chicken nuggets and mozzarella sticks in ours. Then our oven broke last winter and I started doing pork chops in there at 400 for like 12 minutes and they were better than the oven ones. The fan moves the hot air around so stuff gets that crispy outside without drying out, which I guess is the whole point. Now I do salmon, veggies, even meatloaf in it and the big oven only gets used for pizza and holidays. I was wrong about it being a one trick thing, it really is just a small oven that heats up faster. Takes some getting used to on timing though because everything cooks quicker than the box says.