Free Association

On the way to the bathroom I started thinking about how I need to get some stuff in Chinatown after work today. Then I started thinking about SARS. Then the Chinese officials' cover up of SARS. Then the Soviet government's cover up of Chernobyl. Then Vitaly Chernobyl, a character in Snow Crash. Then Neal Stephenson's other book, Cryptonomicon. Then did Sachin finally finish reading that book?