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It's Always Tense When You Move A Character From A Book To The Screen. Always Tense.

People Who Wear Glasses, Without Them They Always Look Unfocused, Vulnerable. Out In The Open. A Layer Removed.

Practically Any Western Has A Homesteader In Trouble, And A Mysterious Rider Shows Up Off The Range, Solves The Problem Over Two Or Three Days, And Then Rides Off Into The Sunset.

People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Stereos. Sometimes Tens Of Thousands. There Is A Specialist Industry Right Here In The States Which Builds Stereo Gear To A Standard You Wouldn't Believe. Tubed Amplifiers Which Cost More Than A House. Speakers Taller Than Me. Cables Thicker Than A Garden Hose. Some Army Guys Had That Stuff. I'd Heard It On Bases Around The World. Wonderful. But They Were Wasting Their Money. Because The Best Stereo In The World Is Free. Inside Your Head. It Sounds As Good As You Want It To. As Loud As You Want It To Be.

I Was In The Machine. My Whole Life. Then The Machine Coughed And Spat Me Out. So I Thought, Ok, If I'm Out, I'm Out. All The Way Out. I Was A Little Angry And It Was Probably An Immature Reaction. But I Got Used To It.