It moved horrible and sluglike through the night, the choppers seeming to putter ineffectually around its edges. In its tremendous size, its dark and bulky menace, its escorting aircraft, the cloud resembled a national promotion for death, a multi-million dollar campaign backed by radio spots, heavy print and billboard, tv saturation.  158
i had my toothpaste but i couldnt find the brush. i spread some paste on my index finger and ran the finger across my teath. 156 (professors dinner mentions this. connects to impact of reality versus fantasy)

how many people even know they have a lens?...what about the ear?...if the eye is a mystery, totally forget the ear. just say 'cochlea' to somebody, they look at you like, 'who's this guy?'  there's this whole world right inside our own body."