Archive for December 2007

Haiku for Mindpinball

18. December 2007 by Crys.

My poor friend Mindpinball deserves better than the NFL gives him, so as a way of showing that I care and I’m on his side, I’ve composed a few poems in his honor.

Their skill is not relevant.
To make weekly picks
Grasshopper, use their colors.

Ravens, you are a bad team
Mindpinball picked you,
You know you should win, don’t you?

Pick by favorite color,
Then favorite place,
Next week, reverse the order.

Enchanting Sunshine sends a virtual hug to Mindpinball and all the other Ravens fans, and for that matter all the Orioles fans, too.

P.S. Both my husband and I apologize for laughing when we heard you picked the Dolphins. It was a laugh of sympathy. Our luck is very similar.

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Patriot Defeat. Terribly Sad.

3. December 2007 by Crys.

Here’s the post I prepared and was ready to publish about seven minutes before the end of the game:

An adaptation…

“Be that word, we lost, our sign of parting!” I shrieked, upstarting–
“Get thee back into the tempest and the Chesapeake Bay shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my undefeated record unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”

And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid Patriots bust just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming.
And the lamplight o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And the Patriots soul from out that shadow that lies writhing painfully, defeated on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!

Aw, too bad Patriots.

I’m a convert. I “tuned in” accidentally because the game was on at the gym. Of course, I had to finish watching it.

Congrats MP, cause I just know you took our team and not the Patriots. At least that’s one game! :-)

Wow. Heart-breaking.

Heart.

Breaking.

The dude caught the ball at the 2 yard line and no time left.

I think I’ll stick with baseball. One Baltimore team is all this girl can handle. Can’t Baltimore catch a break somewhere? Anywhere? Why did I get my hopes up? Is this part of some grand scheme to leave all of Baltimore feeling utterly hopeless and dejected? Are the sports teams in with the pharmaceutical companies? Someone is getting a spiff from the number of prescriptions filled for Prozac.

The band Boston used to be one of my favorites, but I don’t even think I can listen to them anymore. I’m off Sam Adams too. Maybe even the Car Talk guys. No, nevermind. It’s not their fault.

Sorry MP. I was pulling for you and the rest of my fair city.

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