The only thing worse than the notion of a vicious spiral is the spiral of a vicious notion.

Okay, it's not the only thing, but it's one of 'em.

And as for the dancing dinosaurs, sorry, but they just won't form themselves into a coherent compelling vision. I've checked in with this thread several times today and each time I've gone "Oh, yeah! I'm supposed to be hounded by the idea of dancing dinosaurs!" and a minute or two later I forget all about them.