You just cannot have the same thing twice without being disappointed.

Sleep, she said. Sleep while you can. Forget where you are and forget the mountain of days. Each one enormous, lost in some forest that never ends, but then the edge will fold back and you'll walk on what was the sky and is now only another forest floor, another layer, and you can feel the weight of hundreds of these layers above you.

Are there moments when our brains are not exercising?” I questioned. “That would be almost like being brain dead...

Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance of a positive outcome maybe.

Understand that I am even ignored by the opposite sex on the internet.

Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.