Walked to town & picked up a copy of Against the Day and a book of Davidson essays. Read 'On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme' over drunken noodles, will probably start in on the Pynchon in a bit.

"Charity is forced on us; whether we like it or not, if we want to understand others, we must count them right in most matters."

Big Other, big bother, Big Brother.