our refrigerator is working better as a microwave than anything else today. we got home from Peter's birthday party / Nuyorican open room / Yaffa Cafe flashback to find it heating the food. excellent. the landlord just came by and said something about a relay switch to something possibly malfunctioning... this is why I'm terrified to ever own a house. anyway, that's the news from the front. read "News of Home" by Debra Kang Dean (BOA Editions. rock on.)