...never again set my cell phone timer for 8 hours instead of 8 minutes to cook my pasta.
I usually use my kitchen timer, but it was busy with a prior appointment. The kitchen timer only has minutes and seconds. Didn't notice that the cell phone went up to hours.
I was thinking "that seems like a long 8 minutes" after about 20, but I was distracted on some food internet forum or other. I think its name began with an 'e" and ended with something sounding like it may be a baby sea bird. Pasta was perfectly cooked into mush.
Start again!