is sloth lost? (was: "underlying causative process")

[Terrance]

Thanks Michael. And thanks again for doing a great job on
this chapter. 

P gives us his date, his Benny Calendar here, is March 15,
Ides of March, not March 19. March 19th is still very
important. Notice how the season spin inside. The folks come
out and sit on the stoops, like it's a hot Brooklyn summer
night, then spring, so on. This is the wheel turning. There
are several calendars at play here. I'll be back with a
brief sketch of what they look like from Chapters 1-6.