First Snow

I am a child - I skip and giggle every year upon first snow. And right now I am in a beautiful place, watching the big white puffs lazily float down to tickle the ferns before landing in the out-of-season courtyard.

Ah! Beautiful.

E Pluribus Unum

For the first time in my life, I can honestly say that I am proud to be an American!!






More tomorrow!!

NFL Week Nine - The Results

NYJ 26 @ BUF 17: J- NYJ; L- BUF; M- BUF
DET 23 @ CHI 27: J- CHI; L- CHI; M- CHI
JAC 19 @ CIN 21: J- JAC; L- CIN; M- JAC
BAL 37 @ CLE 27: J- CLE; L- BAL; M- CLE
TB 30 @ KC 27: J- TB; L- TB; M- TB
HOU 21 @ MIN 28: J- HOU; L- MIN; M- MIN
ARI 34 @ STL 13: J- STL; L- ARI; M- STL
GB 16 @ TEN 19: J- GB; L- TEN; M- TEN
MIA 26 @ DEN 17: J- MIA; L- DEN; M- MIA
DAL 14 @ NYG 35: J- NYG, L- NYG; M- NYG
ATL 24 @ OAK 0: J- OAK; L- ATL; M- ATL
PHI 26 @ SEA 7: J- SEA; L- PHI; M- PHI
SNF: NE 15 @ IND 18: J- NE; L- IND; M- NE
MNF: PIT 23 @ WAS 6: J- PIT; L- PIT; M- PIT

Daddy: 6-8

Lauren: 12-2

Mark: 9-5

NFL Week Nine

What a week! Welcome to November, and hello from Northern Virginia. I'm home visiting Mom and Dad this weekend, which I must say is very nice: Not only am I with my family, but I ate Chipotle, cuddled with Cookie, and I even saw an old friend! And DST ended, so we gained an hour of sleep! Anyway, this isn't meant to serve as an update, so let's get to this week's picks... Dad's in on this week, too (Initial J).

NYJ (4-3) @ BUF (5-2): J- NYJ; L- BUF; M- BUF
DET (0-7) @ CHI (4-3): J- CHI; L- CHI; M- CHI
JAC (3-4) @ CIN (0-8): J- JAC; L- CIN; M- JAC
BAL (4-3) @ CLE (3-4): J- CLE; L- BAL; M- CLE
TB (5-3) @ KC (1-6): J- TB; L- TB; M- TB
HOU (3-4) @ MIN (3-4) J- HOU; L- MIN; M- MIN
ARI (4-3) @ STL (2-5) J- STL; L- ARI; M- STL
GB (4-3) @ TEN (7-0) J- GB; L- TEN; M- TEN
MIA (3-4) @ DEN (4-3) J- MIA; L- DEN; M- MIA
DAL (6-2) @ NYG (6-1) J- NYG, L- NYG; M- NYG
(Also note that Wes' friend Mike made me a beer bet on this game.)
ATL (4-3) @ OAK (2-5) J- OAK; L- ATL; M- ATL
PHI (4-3) @ SEA (2-5) J- SEA; L- PHI; M- PHI

SNF: NE (5-2) @ IND (3-4) J- NE; L- IND; M- NE

MNF: PIT (5-2) @ WAS (6-2) J- PIT; L- PIT; M- PIT

Byes this week: CAR (5-2), NO (4-4), SD (3-5), SF (2-6).

Round and round and round it goes... where it stops...

Auto Response :
I am not understanding why the heat chooses to do one of these things:
A. smells like gas
B. doesn't turn on
C. blows cold air

WHAT WILL IT DO NEXT!?!?!

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mark: it will do E. an invigorating cha-cha to Carlos Santana's "Smooth"
mark: what's D, who knows?!

NFL Week Eight - The Results

ATL (4-2) @ PHI (3-3): I ATL; L PHI; M PHI
WAS (5-2) @ DET (0-6): I WAS; L WAS; M WAS
ARI (4-2) @ CAR (5-2): I CAR; L ARI; M CAR
BUF (5-1) @ MIA (2-4): I BUF; L MIA; M MIA
SD (3-4) @ NO (3-4): I SD; L SD; M SD
TB (5-2) @ DAL (4-3): I TB; L TB; M TB
OAK (2-4) @ BAL (3-3): I BAL; L BAL; M BAL
STL (2-4) @ NE (4-2): I STL; L NE; M NE
KC (1-5) @ NYJ (3-3): I KC; L NYJ; M NYJ
CLE (2-4) @ JAC (3-3): I CLE; L CLE; M JAC
CIN (0-7) @ HOU (2-4): I HOU; L HOU; M HOU
SEA (1-5) @ SF (2-5): I SEA; L SEA; M SF
NYG (5-1) @ PIT (5-1): I PIT; L NYG; M NYG
IND (3-3) @ TEN (6-0): I IND; L TEN; M IND

Izzy: 6-8
Lauren: 11-3
Mark: 9-5

NFL Week Eight

My goodness, week eight already!! This week my Uncle Izzy decided to throw in his picks, so here we go:

ATL (4-2) @ PHI (3-3): I ATL; L PHI; M PHI
WAS (5-2) @ DET (0-6): I WAS; L WAS; M WAS
ARI (4-2) @ CAR (5-2): I CAR; L ARI; M CAR
BUF (5-1) @ MIA (2-4): I BUF; L MIA; M MIA
SD (3-4) @ NO (3-4): I SD; L SD; M SD
TB (5-2) @ DAL (4-3): I TB; L TB; M TB
OAK (2-4) @ BAL (3-3): I BAL; L BAL; M BAL
STL (2-4) @ NE (4-2): I STL; L NE; M NE
KC (1-5) @ NYJ (3-3): I KC; L NYJ; M NYJ
CLE (2-4) @ JAC (3-3): I CLE; L CLE; M JAC
CIN (0-7) @ HOU (2-4): I HOU; L HOU; M HOU
SEA (1-5) @ SF (2-5): I SEA; L SEA; M SF
NYG (5-1) @ PIT (5-1): I PIT; L NYG; M NYG
IND (3-3) @ TEN (6-0): I IND; L TEN; M IND

Byes this week are CHI (4-3), DEN (4-3), GB (4-3) and MIN (3-4).

NFL Week Seven - The Results

SD (3-3) @ BUF (4-1): L - BUF; M - SD
NO (3-3) @ CAR (4-2): L - NO; M - CAR
MIN (3-3) @ CHI (3-3): L - CHI; M - CHI
PIT (4-1) @ CIN (0-6): L - PIT; M - PIT
TEN (5-0) @ KC (1-4): L - TEN; M - TEN
BAL (2-3) @ MIA (2-3): L - BAL; M - MIA
SF (2-4) @ NYG (4-1): L - NYG; M - NYG
DAL (4-2) @ STL (1-4): L - DAL; M - DAL
DET (0-5) @ HOU (1-4): L - HOU; M - HOU
IND (3-2) @ GB (3-3): L - GB; M - IND
NYJ (3-2) @ OAK (1-4): L - NYJ; M - NYJ
CLE (2-3) @ WAS (4-2): L - WAS; M - WAS
SNF: SEA (1-4) @ TB (4-2): L - TB; M - TB
MNF: DEN (4-2) @ NE (3-2): L - DEN; M - NE

Lauren - 10 - 4
Mark - 9 - 5

NFL Week Seven

SD (3-3) @ BUF (4-1): L - BUF; M - SD
NO (3-3) @ CAR (4-2): L - NO; M - CAR
MIN (3-3) @ CHI (3-3): L - CHI; M - CHI
PIT (4-1) @ CIN (0-6): L - PIT; M - PIT
TEN (5-0) @ KC (1-4): L - TEN; M - TEN
BAL (2-3) @ MIA (2-3): L - BAL; M - MIA
SF (2-4) @ NYG (4-1): L - NYG; M - NYG
DAL (4-2) @ STL (1-4): L - DAL; M - DAL
DET (0-5) @ HOU (1-4): L - HOU; M - HOU
IND (3-2) @ GB (3-3): L - GB; M - IND
NYJ (3-2) @ OAK (1-4): L - NYJ; M - NYJ
CLE (2-3) @ WAS (4-2): L - WAS; M - WAS
SNF: SEA (1-4) @ TB (4-2): L - TB; M - TB
MNF: DEN (4-2) @ NE (3-2): L - DEN; M - NE

Byes this week: ATL (4-2), ARI (4-2), JAC (3-3), PHI (3-3)

This is huge.

From: poetry@newyorker.com
To: mckennawrites@gmail.com
Date: October 18, 2008
Subject: Poetry Submission


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