7/19    what's this mumbo jumbo about people not being able to read while they
        dream?  I've done it (or I think I've done it) numerous times.  Heck,
        I even had dreams about parsing when I took 164 with Hilfinger.
        \_ Never heard of that one, but one thing I can't do in dreams is run
           fast. It always seems like I'm running through molasses.
           \_ Same for me!  I didn't know this is common to everyone.
        \_ I've dreamt of reading quite often. I didn't know that
           I couldn't do that.
        \_ I think the issue is that there's no text permanence in dreams;
           you can read but if you read the same thing twice it won't say
           the same thing.  they say it's one test you can use if you're
           trying to lucid dream.  -tom
           \_ This is not true. I remember reading Julius Caesar in my
              dreams and the text is always the same. The same is true
              for passages from Deep C Secrets, TCP/IP Illustrated etc.