h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I frequently have dreams about military service when I drop around the VA for my medical work.

First dates? I stood on one once and came to a sticky end or to be precise, it did

I have recurrent dreams about elevators (=lifts) that go sideways and diagonally. Most of them are set in fantastic buildings located in a weird place I call the Akashic City. Exploring the city takes up a lot of dreamtime, especially with all the trams, walkways, trains, etc. No wonder I wake up tired.

Have you dreamed about being carried on a palanquin?

Were you channeling H P Blavatsky, Dmitri?

No, though sedan chair services have featured...the penalty of having been a tour guide in Philadelphia.

I always wanted to start a sedan chair service in Philly's Old City...I figured the university football players could use the extra cash and exercise...

It's sedan shame that didn't catch on.

Akashic records? Didn't the Beatles start off with them?

So they have coffee in Akashic City?

Definitely coffee. And far too many second-hand shops. I'm always ending up in them, searching through a hodgepodge of items.

The second-hand shops, though, are kind of obvious symbolism in an 'akashic' city.

I used to love second-hand shops, particularly the thrift shops run by charitable organizations in my area. Later today I will browse in "Savers," a charitable thrift shop next door to the laundromat where I wash my clothes.