...but in my defence, it was on the same site as one of the essays I was looking at, so it was only a mild form of distraction.
Anyway, I saw this excerpt from a book, and thought it was so good that I would tell someone. Methinks I will read it.
AFTER I've finished my dissertation.
Perhaps.

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"Heaven, such as it is, is right here on earth. Behold: my revelation: I stand at the door in the morning, and lo, there is a newspaper, in sight like unto an emerald. And holy, holy, holy is the coffee, which was, and is, and is to come. And hark, I hear the voice of an angel round about the radio saying, "Since my baby left me I found a new place to dwell." And lo, after this I beheld a great multitude, which no man could number, of shoes. And after these things I will hasten unto a taxicab and to a theater, where a ticket will be given unto me, and lo, it will be a matinee, and a film that doeth great wonders. And when it is finished, the heavens will open, and out will cometh a rain fragrant as myrrh, and yea, I have an umbrella."

—from Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell
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--Good, no?