The "Rut"

A dear friend is in a creative rut.  What can I offer to remove the ugly sore from his soul?  Whiskey will be the starting point, then gentle reminders that his algorithms suck.  I suspect from there we'll enter into metaphysical arguments for and against string theory and quantum states.  In the end all I will have given him is a hangover.  I think I need to prescribe some eastern block philosophy and some Welsh poetry, he wallows in science a bit too much.

Cheers buddy!  Let the silliness start.