A grillmaster I am not

So I bought a little Weber Smokey Joe grill yesterday so that Chad and I can cook out in this nice spring weather. After assembling it I decided to cook some burgers and hot dogs for myself since I literally hadn't eaten anything all day. Much to my chagrin I neglected to buy matches and we had nothing of the sort around the house, so I decided to heat up the stove and light a paper towel on fire and use that. Well, let's just say the thing was almost engulfed in flames, so I ran with it to the grill and luckily did not suffer third degree burns or burn down my apartment. Unfortunately I put in too many charcoal briquets and/or didn't use enough lighter fluid, so it didn't work and I had to try the silly stunt AGAIN.

Once more I was fortunate not to do damage but it was still stupid. This time I actually got half of the grill to heat up for more than a few minutes so I just did my grilling on that side. The food came out okay, so I guess I should just be happy that I learned my lesson the easy way, but you'd think I'd be smarter than that... well maybe you wouldn't, in which case you'd be right!

-Mark