Shameless plagiarism

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Since it's too damn early, and too damn cold, and too damn half of everything else, I'm just stealing stuff this morning. And.... loving it.

The daughter of one of Eleanor's co-workers sent her this poem, which truly puts all the discord about this odd season into the perspective that only an enlightened 14-year-old can share:



I found this beautiful winter poem and thought it might be a comfort to you.
It was to me, and it's very well written.
ENJOY! 
   
"WINTER"
a poem by Abigail Elizabeth McIntyre 
 

"SHIT It's  Cold !"



Now all's we need is for Jacquie Lawson to animate that lovely scene. Preferably with explosives.


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Then there's my grrl Joss. Lest you think she's one of those smarmy chicklit types, like her publisher thinks she is from the chickylitty covers that merely conceal the pure evil and death and sick humor within, I present a snippet of her blog from yesterday, an aside to a day full of various appliances uniting and revolting against her while her husband's away on a ten-day business trip, but not before she had this observation about something she saw on Heroes:



(The following Digression is for geeks only. Cool people should leap down to the next paragraph: I think Christopher Eccleston is the hottest man since Spock. I am not kidding. TOTAL huge crush. Double yum, ears and all. When he showed up as The Invisible Man on Heroes last week, I leapt up and screeched THAT IS DOCTOR WHO! WITH A BEARD! WHERE IS THE TARDIS??? WHERE IS ROSE TYLER???? DOCTOR! STOP BEING INVISIBLE AND GET A HAIRCUT AND LET’S MAKE OUT! The dog looked at me accusingly, like I was Hester Prynne, but if the DOG’S husband had left HIM for ten days, he might consider a brief snog with a Time Lord, too. Not much worse than a Judgemental Canine. Sheesh.)



The whole entry's here. The whole blog's on the sidebar. There's a whole at the bottom of the sea.

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Finally, since plagiarism is a disease that can afflict anyone, how better to end this than by plagiarizing myself?



Before we experience the imminent uncoupling (cablus interruptus) of the Atlanta Braves and Time Warner, there are just a few things I'd like to see happen first:

10) Braves rebranded as "The New ATL," whereby season ticket holders get unlimited games for free but have to endure more ads.

9) Anytime Bobby Cox makes a call to the bullpen, he has to stay home all day because he never knows when the relief pitcher will get there.

8) Middle of Braves lineup replaced with a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball.

7) Team forfeits entire schedule of games in July in favor of late-night cinema and bookstore appearances to support National Harry Potter Month.

6) In final promotion of TWC's Roadrunner Business Class service, Wile E. Coyote drops an anvil on Andruw Jones's head.

5) Larry King announces he is gay and a polygamist and promptly marries the entire starting rotation.

4) In attempt to expand the Sports Illustrated Cover jinx, People puts John Smoltz on its cover as "The Sexiest Woman Alive!"

3) Met appearances on CW11 broadcast nationally and rebroadcast constantly on Turner Movie Classics alongside famed Hollywood films colorized in orange and blue.

2) Chipper Jones given a guest appearance in the finale of The Sopranos; in a sudden mixup with the stunt double, Silvio breaks both of his kneecaps. For real.

and the number one change Time Warner should make before dumping the Braves:

1) Take the name off Turner Field and rename it correctly as "Hell."


Buh-bye.