JL;DR SUMMARY In this compilation of Paul Berman's crisis notebook entries, he discusses the appropriateness of the micro-essay as a literary form for the current crisis, reflects on the suicide of a doctor during the pandemic, contemplates the role of style and fashion during these times, ponders the transformative effects of the pandemic on technology and society, and shares personal encounters with the mailman and counterman. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.