It was the complete dispassion with which I shredded the album that she found so cold. Truly Arctic.

I ran mine through the shredder with zero hesitation when I found it. The woman I was dating said it was the coldest thing she’d ever seen.

I bought a new microwave in 2007 to replace the 1989 model I had since college. It could boil water in under 10 minutes. It had sensor cooking and preset modes. It was life changing.

Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy. If you haven’t read them, you’re missing something important.