In contemporary ecological mobilizations of the weird, by contrast, we observe a tendency to celebrate the weird as a feature of a disanthropic world—a world in which human agency has been absorbed by nonhuman forces.

I'm hanged if I know how to get the idea through his thick skull!

My motivation is not the cheesy blue ribbon or the even cheesier grandma-issue lapel pin but the promise of slinky Ieather slutwear with which to drape my shrinking form.

Some of the scientific explanations that promote natural formation include wind faceting and shifting of subterrain plates (Marsquakes ) .