Apple-cake-eating fact: The Nummulosphere, a book of the early 20th century, argued that most of the planet was composed of nummulites, a type of larger foraminifera, which in fossil form accretes into limestone. The Pyramids are made of it, so why not the rest of the world?
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Nummulosphere
Apple-cake-eating fact: The Nummulosphere, a book of the early 20th century, argued that most of the planet was composed of nummulites, a type of larger foraminifera, which in fossil form accretes into limestone. The Pyramids are made of it, so why not the rest of the world?
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I have a feeling that apple accretion doesn't look like that anymore.
No, there's very little of it left now. But boy, I bet there's some accretion elsewhere! My new secret weapon: a "cake soak" a la Mark Bittman. Practically waist-line suicide, but o so good. I also gave a big piece of it to the elderly woman who lives upstairs and doesn't get out much.
God bless you, lad!
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