How can it have been a week...

...since last I had a truly new thought? The old thoughts have just been swimming, circling each other, like goldfish in a small bowl. What did happen today was that I ate lunch with someone completely new, Laura. She is different from the other people here, in some ways. She drives an H4 Syriana, which she says is a necessity for her work as a poacher. In some ways I envy her, but in others, I don't.