Topspin

Upstairs a British voice said, "There are forms of vertigo that do not include spinning."
—Don DeLillo, White Noise

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Umberto Eco, Paul Collins fan!

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UPDATE: Dizzyhead Christine sends this fascinating Times story by Adam Liptak about a California prisoner, Donny Johnson, who paints using the colors leached from M&Ms. (It reminded me a bit of the fellow who stitched amazingly detailed scenes out of sock thread while incarcerated.)