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I become secretly obsessed with obscure blogs sometimes. I don't know why. It doesn't happen right away. I read something. I think about it. I come back later and read the post again. Then I read other posts. Today, that blog is:

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/inhaling-911.html

The afor-linked article is about the toxic cloud of the world trade center, a mix of computer parts, office furniture and human remains. Creepy. I only found because...

Robyn sent out a brilliant article on Los Angeles from the same blog: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/greater-los-angeles.html earlier this week.

Ironically, I read the article already via Virginia Postrel. Good articles, material, ideas, get out into the air and circulate, like a virus. Can anyone figure out how those good ideas develop? How good material develops? Where do these things come from, exactly? It is a curious thing.