[balabaster]

of course, there are moments of interrupted zen as you describe. But I was mostly not considering interruptions, distractions and diversions. I was mostly considering that if I were left to my own devices entirely undisturbed... you can have a half hour, hour, 2 hour or however long you're in your state of zen coding marathons... perhaps I don't consider them coding marathons as such, perhaps I consider them more like a state of meditation. Though, I could see how other people would describe them as marathons.