De do do do, de da da da

That's all I want to say to you.

Westron wynde when wyll thow blow,
the small rayne downe can rayne?
Christ yf my love were in my armes
and I yn in my bed agayne.

Collin
How are you doing

Mike
I'm great
just trying to learn how the heck the brain works before tomorrow...

Collin
I'm pretty sure it's been steam-powered ever since the Industrial Revolution

Mike
ah ok
thanks!

Collin
Glad to help
Bad thoughts are caused by the sooty deposits toward the back of the skull
Just FYI

Mike
ah ok
do you know why we sleep?
i suspect he might ask that

Collin
Sleeping = when the stop bell chimes and all the Chinese immigrants are ushered into their bunks, happy in the knowledge that they are building a mighty nation for pennies a week

Mike
as well as why we dream?

Collin
R.E.M. sleep = Manifest destiny.
But, you know, white man's burden sometimes lends itself to the mystical deconstruction of the machine ideal, leading to the troubling flights-of-fancy we call "dreams."

Mike
I was thinking we might dream because there are little hob-goblins running around inside our skull and we are watching the surveillance tapes of them terrorizing us during the day time... i mean, that would explain the craziness some people get when they don't sleep enough...

Collin
You're "on the right track" but don't forget that steam is the future

Mike
ah ok, thanks!

Collin
And if you can wrap your neurons around the concept of neurons, you'll really be "on the trolley"

Mike
ahh thanks collin

Collin
That's a "barrel of apples" and you can "take it to the bank"