everything changes or everything stays the same first a history i was writing my thoughts in a book i got a typewriter and typing things in a book became impossible i began typing on 4x6 notecards i ran out of ribbon in my typewriter i wrote on the 4x6 notecards i bought a new ribbon and new notecards now again i am typing on notecards what have i been typing thoughts impressions maybe a log of changes to my mental state i waited long enough and i began recording them in the same way if i wait longer the ribbon will run out again and i'll write again on notecards or in my book the same thoughts in different bodies that's what it means every thing changes or everything stays the same it might as well be and local differences add up to global identities it is a hoop right and we keep going around and we think it is flat but it is round like the earth paul pushed his chair away from the writing desk and stared at the notecard he stood up knocked his head on the lightbulb swore he pulled the notecard from his typewriter and crumpled it up with his left hand with his right hand he reached in his pocket and pulled out his cigarettes he put one in his mouth threw the paper in the corner grabbed his axe went out into the woods