Anti-Climacus culminates a little polemic against fatalism by speaking of prayer, particularly prayer in extremis, when all seems lost, or prayer de profundis, out of the depths of desperation, and just here he comes the closest to identifying God outright with possibility.

A more pressing struggle is the one Crystal Castles have to contend with each night: feral fanboys who use Glass' aggressiveness as an excuse to get handsy. They usually get a mic stand to the head, says Glass, with a shrug …

While Mike Donovan was engaged in his contest with Paul, his companion had quietly walked off with the shirt.

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