It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus.
I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for it on Tuesday. But maybe you shouldn't retain these things or you'd be on a permanent high.
Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema.

