I’m in love with this book right now, and I just read this rather brilliant passage (which comes as the protagonist is sitting in the ER with his friend, who lies strapped to the bed, stomach-pumped after swallowing too many pills):
I’ll convey that while I’m living things very similar to things I’ve seen happen before, [...]

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This is an interesting New Scientist piece on these areas around the earth where, due to a complex interaction of forces (see, hoodoo space magic), gravity is nullified and — as the theory goes — asteroids should accrete. Some believe that the body that impacted earth leading to the birth of the moon originally [...]

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In a world of people moving in slow
motion, where you were the only one
moving at normal speed, it would be
simple and irresistible to slap someone – say
Madoff or Limbaugh– and walk off
before the slow motion nervous
system could register slappage.
Hell, there’s a lot you could do
in that situation – you’d be like
The Flash by default. [...]

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Man, I wonder who exactly is in charge of these banks. Regardless, it smells like Rome is going up in smoke. Apparently, a Nigerian scammer has successfully posed as the central bank of Ethiopia and tricked Citibank out of 27 million dollars. I mean, I guess it’s not $50 billion, but still.
To [...]

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. . . but he who wanders with purpose has no purpose to wander. This is apparently beer-related somehow.

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