"...you've got two options when you find out you're under surveillance, and only two. One is hide, and the other is perform." Walter Kirn. This is the same guy who said a bit earlier in the Note to Self podcast, "I came in search of metaphors. And I really found one." Metaphors are not just effete literary tom-pinkery. The fools! They've left something so basic and powerful in the hands of, ha ha ha, ENGLISH TEACHERS!!!