napowrimo 10: Hollow
I aspire to be meringue—
sweet airiness
just scorched enough for flavour—
but recently I seem to be
a rock cake.
Or on a good day,
a doorstep sandwich.
Manchester United 7, Roma 1
That’s what you watch sport for. All the dreary 1-1 draws are justified by an evening like that. Not that a 1-1 draw can’t be entertaining, but you need the crazy, Hollywood nights from time to time as an inoculation against cynicism and boredom.
Links
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via wmmna: Justine Cooper’s photos of the storage areas at the American Museum Of Natural History in NY
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via Coudal, maybe.
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Geoff Nunberg picks over the peculiar entry for ‘suicide’ in Merriam Webster. ‘Another reason — not that we needed one — why “the dictionary” doesn’t always get things right.’