OK, so last night I took this bromide sniffer capsule for my cough, and had a total manic episode. Good thing I'm not a talker. Among the many many things in my head, all of which seemed terribly profound at the time:

talk radio programs and blogs as thoughts-- a step toward having the noise of our thoughts manifested all around us. Even "tags" will become cumbersome to organize thoughts. I kept thinking about chatter, and streams of thoughts, and that eventually we'll rub through that hole in the brain to where all the unused bits are, and be able to just reach out and grab the bit of info we need at the time. Maybe society is getting "louder" in terms of information production, in anticipation of reaching that tipping point.

Which led me to think about "knowing" vs. "learning." That is, all those random bits of useless knowledge that we keep with us, vs. the process of getting a degree or license requiring some specialized learning. Knowledge seems to be more about referencing, whereas learning seems to be more about skills that we have to keep sharp.

Also I was thinking about weird physical feelings. Sometimes before you go to sleep your legs feel a million miles away, but still attached to you. Kind of akin to dreams in which you fly. Wonder if either of these sensations is related to manic-type episodes?