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In Which I Try to Disburden Texts but Also Thank Reading for Swallowing Up My Problems

That’s “Reading” taking shape as Edith Sitwell’s “hot sun,” that “country giant that has swallowed up all the gold spangles of the dew…and has dried all the haycocks until they are dry and rustling as his own rays.” Mm. (I blame Alexander Pope.) I think if you are reading enough—”enough,” of course, would be a [...]
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'Britain's Atlantis' found at bottom of North sea - a huge undersea kingdom swallowed by the sea in 6500BC

News : The Coming Crisis (11 months ago)

'Britain's Atlantis' - a hidden underwater world swallowed by the North Sea - has been discovered by divers working with science teams from the University of St Andrews. Doggerland, a huge area of dry land that stretched from Scotla... Read Post

What makes dry quicksand so deadly?

Odd : Boing Boing (2 months ago)

Dry quicksand was a mythical substance — normal-looking sand that could swallow you in a flash. That is, until 2004, when scientists made the stuff in a lab. (Mark told you about that development.) In this video, geologist Matt Kuch... Read Post

Why It's Time To Sell DryShips

Business & Finance / Investing : Seeking Alpha (51 minutes ago)

By Jeffrey Gall: Overview This article outlines why it's time to sell your shares in DryShips (DRYS). DRYS is a holding company engaged in the ocean transportation services of drybulk cargoes and crude oil worldwide through the owne... Read Post


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