yearning for some burning. Because the sky was less than ideal, with
moderate clouds (see above) diffusing sunlight and reducing Solar
Death Ray efficiency, I decided to destroy something nice and easy: a
candle. Candles are made to destroy themselves, so I figured this
would be the death ray equivalent of beating up a little kid with his own
hands (i.e. fun and easy). I drilled a hole in the side of the candle to
make it simple to attach to the new target holder.
Activate!
candle, which soothed my rage
when the sun became completely
blocked by those damn clouds.
Because of those damn clouds, it
took a while to kill the candle, but it
was better than not melting anything
at all. You can see that the white
wick escaped the candle unscathed.
This might be the first candle in
history to be melted with the wick
intact. I bet the candle didn't see
that coming.