Actually, I found the Pronoia book you mentioned earlier this year... it was on the floor in barnes and noble so I had no choice but to rescue it. I've worked through a bit of it, read through alot, and really.... it's quite amazing.
I ended up reading a few of the poem-things out loud to my neighbors on my plane, and for the entire ontario-oakland flight we chatted it up about Pronoia and art and other such things. If you have the chance, do get it.
I just started reading "The Art Of Happiness" by the Dalai Lama. SO far it is fantastic and actually says things (much better of course) that we talk about during Hug Nation!