Interesting Links for 11-10-2021

[andrewducker]

4 poems I like

(tags:poetry )

A Massive Subterranean 'Tree' Is Moving Magma to Earth's Surface

(tags:earth volcano geology )

The basic principles of corn maze safety

(tags:funny horror autumn wheat )

The Best RSS Feeders

(tags:RSS advice )

Some interesting thoughts on the "bad art friend" feud

(tags:art writing argument law morality plagiarism )

I didn't realise that "nickname" and "eke out a living" were linguistically connected!

(tags:language history English )

Sir Lenny Henry On Being A Black Hobbit In The Lord Of The Rings

(tags:lotr race )

Coal is suddenly getting very expensive

(tags:coal business )

Comments

[calimac]

Tolkien, describing Harfoots in the Lord Of The Rings, stated that "they were browner of skin" and also "they moved westward early" which may be seen as why Harfoots were absent in the films so far.

Someone is very, very confused here.

[andrewducker]

I am very unsurprised.

[cosmolinguist]

Those are good poems. As someone with insomnia, I like the sleep one particularly.

[jack]

NOT NOW, massive subterranean 'tree' moving magma to the earth's surface! :)

[andrewducker]

Hah!

[momentsmusicaux]

I like:

- https://www.oatridge.co.uk/poems/a/adrian-mitchell-celia-celia.php
- https://www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem-Of-The-Week--Engineers-Corner-By-Wendy-Cope

and others I can't think of right now.

[andrewducker]

Thank you, I liked those too.

[mtbc]

Definitely important to watch out in corn mazes. I enjoyed https://danvers.wickedlocal.com/x153925780/Lost-in-maize-Man-calls-911-after-Danvers-corn-maze-caper from when I lived in MA.

[melchar]

Do not feed or annoy the corn maze. ^_^

[andrewducker]

Sadly that page is blank for me!

[mtbc]

That's a shame! There's a briefer account at https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/10/12/141271273/family-lost-in-corn-maze-dials-911-for-help with which you may have more luck.

[andrewducker]

Thank you!

I guess if you didn't know which way the edge was you couldn't just head off through the corn.

Nickname and eke

[anef]

I did not know that either. It's interesting that the n from an got attached to eke-name. It's the reverse of what happened with an adder, which used to be a nadre.