Amelia: Dad, will you turn up the heat?
Dad: Amelia, it’s time you understand that the greatest paradox of modern centralized heat is that there is nothing centralizing about it. Centralized heat acts as a human centrifuge that launches family members to the remotest regions of the home where they are then seduced by technologized warmth and perfidious solitary distractions. A healthy family is a cold family, and the most authentic form of conviviality involves involuntary shivering around an inefficient wood stove. Now, go and put another sweater on and join us around the fire. We’re going to sing camp songs!
Amelia: Uh, Ok … but I’m running out of sweaters.
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