Daily Archives: July 11, 2024

Poopism: The Scope Of Poop, Redux

We have spent a lot of time talking about the complexity of poop as it relates to life, but so far we have focused our discussion on the physicality of human existence and how it inevitably involves a great many … Continue reading

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Poopism: A Continual State Of Inelegance

On September 18, 1796, while traveling in Southern England, Jane Austen wrote a letter to her beloved sister Cassandra and stated about the weather: “What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.” At … Continue reading

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Book Review: Nowherelands

Nowherelands: An Atlas Of Vanished Countries 1840-1975, by Bjorn Berge As someone who is at least broadly familiar with the body of work that exists about vanished or lost nations, this book is definitely among the more unusual and distinctive … Continue reading

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