Comments on: 17927 http://www.laurenflax.net/2010/01/17927.html Frolic, Food, Footwear, Fiction, & Other Fixations Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: niceguyted http://www.laurenflax.net/2010/01/17927.html/comment-page-1#comment-678 niceguyted Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:31:36 +0000 http://www.laurenflax.net/?p=2269#comment-678 I first read about Centralia in Bill Bryson's book <em>A Walk In The Woods</em>, which I highly recommend, btw (short and funny as sh*t and the guy's an excellent writer). RIP 17927; that IS a shame. When I think of "let it burn" I think of the cleansing kind of fire that leads to new, fresh beginnings. Too bad Centralia's fire isn't that kind. At least, not in this millennium. But maybe there's a happy ending and Centralia is actually so far ahead of the rest of the country that it'll be the Capitol of Eden in some distant future. I first read about Centralia in Bill Bryson’s book A Walk In The Woods, which I highly recommend, btw (short and funny as sh*t and the guy’s an excellent writer). RIP 17927; that IS a shame.

When I think of “let it burn” I think of the cleansing kind of fire that leads to new, fresh beginnings.

Too bad Centralia’s fire isn’t that kind. At least, not in this millennium. But maybe there’s a happy ending and Centralia is actually so far ahead of the rest of the country that it’ll be the Capitol of Eden in some distant future.

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