Harry, true. Or, a more crude metaphor might be Mark's emails and their saltatory effect remind one of that great Russian Pavlov and his band of canines. Positive email leads to salivation as positive response what is a simple bell. This whole thing is like a round-the-world race with lots of blowouts, wrecks, and a few great open stretches. In the end, it only matters how you cross the line.
Sometimes, also, lack of stimulation leads me to create paranoid delusions with Varney and Stoll slumped down in their office, tears in eyes, the blinds blocking out the bright California light, scanning some assorted toxicology report or death letter from the FDA. It may be irrational and paranoid on my part, but Mark's rational reply at least argues against the 'WACO scenario' where the FDA firebombs the Cortex headquarters or commits some regulatory Jihad against ampakines in general.
Sometimes, no news is good news.