The Microwave Chronicles

You might have caught the news about one of the world's most ancient languages which just became extinct when the last native speaker died at 85. What went unreported was another event of at least the same cultural significance. Namely, the last household in the economically developed world without a microwave just succumbed. That would be my house. After decades of resisting one of the more evil forces of Westernization, I've purchased a microwave. It took the threat of imminent starvation to do it.

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