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Distracted By Shiny Objects, Unwitting Accomplices
Loop - A Gilded Eternity (1990)
The directions were explicit: Stand on one leg (either leg) for three minutes; Rotate slowly to your left until facing a
shiny object; Switch legs; Stare without blinking at said shiny object for two minutes; Close eyes; Repeat.
What this had to do with assembling a bicycle, Henry didn't know. But after three hours he hadn't put bolt A together with nut B, though he had enjoyed several wildly hallucinogenic moments of
ecstasy, in the time between closing his eyes and hitting the floor.