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Steve's avatar

I think it's their loss with the rejection. The tone of this was sharp. Very sharp. I almost cut myself.

"...feeling that the world can be a place of reason and permanence."

Hah! That's an idea of which I've long since disabused myself. Life's a crap shoot with loaded dice.

Although I doubt it was your intent, all in all this made me think of microplastics in the ocean, Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" and a report from the Environmental Working Group called "Body Burden 2." (https://www.ewg.org/research/body-burden-pollution-newborns)

As an old friend of mine liked to say, "We done shat our nest." May he rest in peace.

I don't know whether to be sad for him or happy that he isn't around to see how badly we trashed the place.

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Camila Hamel's avatar

Oh well, the person who runs that rag is a maniac. I live in Spain, which is where that expression comes from (specifically Madrid, a very hard town). Living here is what makes me more than insouciant.

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Victor D. Sandiego's avatar

I liked the tone.. nicely done. And too bad for them.

If you're talking about the masthead photos I saw a couple of weeks ago, that was enough for me to scratch from list.

All the best.

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