FOSS FOAM GOES DOWN IN A BUTTERY BLAZE OF GLORY

Yesterday I reread William Finnegan's 2006 "Blank Monday" article for the New Yorker, all about Grubby Clark and the fabled Clark Foam implosion. I'd nearly forgotten about the "Blank Monday" piece; it was like finding a 7,000-word chunk of Pulitzer under the couch cushion. One of the things Finnegan does incredibly well is illustrate, swiftly and vividly, objects and processes that other writers...

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