[H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.

More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finished yet? Time’s up!

That's why you need Transformationalism, he said. Your mind has to evolve to match this permanent situation of permanent change. You've got to get rid of that instantaneous personality that was frozen in a previous cultural matrix that no longer exists....

The painter looked up at the ceiling. He listened to the woman's television and wondered what to do. He got out of bed. The painter started the coffee pot. He went into the bathroom to take his morning constitutional. The poor painter could still hear the woman's television. Christ, how he hated her.