"I guess you get to a point in your life when you start asking the big questions, like what does it all mean," says Eric Knight, sitting in a Kendall Barnes & Noble, reflecting on personal turns of events that have changed his priorities. Sure, the shelves of the corporate megastore are filled with books about enlightenment and discovery, but no chicken soup -- or overpriced Starbucks coffee for that matter -- helps answer The Question. Still Knight has found some clues in, of all places, death. "I had a lot of people, like ten or twelve, die during the past couple of years," he continues. "You start seeing your mortality, and you think 'Man, tomorrow I'll be dead and this all means nothing.'" (Among those Knight reflects on this evening is late local musician Delvis Machado, who died three years ago in a freak accident when a three-foot-thick tree trunk fell on his car.) "One day you're here and the next... More >>>