Yeah, basically I find I don't need it. I don't eat oatmeal, but find pretty much everything easy enough to do without one.

I wasn't using my microwave for awhile but when I my depression started creeping back in I started using it again. Lately I've been mostly eating steam packs of frozen veggies or veggie mixes, frozen chicken or meatballs and frozen rice. Occasionally I've gone all crazy and sliced up sausage and heated in the pan or roasted whole ears of corn in the oven.

If I wasn't doing this I'd be eating out every meal.

Oatmeal, hot Alpen, softening butter, defrosting anything, reheating in the same dish I'm going to eat out of, or in the same dish it was stored in--those are my key uses. And then sometimes TV dinners.

No longer reheating tea, because the tea machine is fucking insane quick on that front, plus I can yank it when it reaches 200 degrees.

We don't have a microwave. But we do eat oatmeal fairly often.

US Open spoilers:

THIS IS VERY STRESSFUL. I think it might break my heart if Murray loses after being two sets up.

I love our nuker. I'm not sure the oven on our stove has ever been used.

I would cook a damn Thanksgiving turkey in ours if I could (and if Tim weren't a vegetarian; I think a turkey would be wasted on a vegetarian). Before I moved in, I think Tim used the microwave to re-heat his coffee, and to heat up water to pour over the pets' kibble.

Really, though. I am at this moment eating one of our favorite quick dinners courtesy of the dynamic duo of Trader Joe's and the microwave: TJs creamy polenta with spinach, with shrimp added at the end. Yup, you can cook it in a pot on the stove. But I don't.

I cook a LOT of stuff in that thing.

The Ellen update is back! She brought out three of the Olympic gymnasts to surprise Pink, and I feel like Pink is an excellent mother because what she said to them was, "You worked so hard!"

Now I'm trying to envision what fake avocado would be like.

If Whole Foods "reduced fat guacamole" is an example, it's mashed peas. See also: yuck.

it sounds like the seller is going to pay to fix the ceiling!

Excellent news!

I've been using the stove more than the microwave lately, which is unusual for me. But when my depression hits, as the last few days, I live on tuna sandwiches, because even microwaving is apparently too much to deal with.

The Ellen update is back! She brought out three of the Olympic gymnasts to surprise Pink, and I feel like Pink is an excellent mother because what she said to them was, "You worked so hard!"

Aww, I want to see this.

Also, anyone who enjoys the theatah should check out Broadway or Bust on PBS -- it's three parts about a national high school competition. I haven't actually watched yet, but it looks so exciting! The first one was last night, but if it's not repeating, it's on pbs.org.