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Ala Kazam!

Master of illusion
Mirror boxes, false bottoms
Behold! In my hand! What’s in the other?
The rabbit needs some rest

The Barker beckons
“Step right up!”

I’ve seen this show
Everybody knows
He ain’t gonna’ cut her in half…
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Boring

I’m bored by a horrible burden
This terrible boredom of mine
I sit here and wait ’til it’s over
But I get very bored every time

I try to ignore just how boring
The boring old boredom’s no ride
I pray it will all soon be over
’cause boredom is so hard to rhyme
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Buck Up

The one in the mirror is me
Nobody else there on the glass, you see
I reach inside the reflection
To wipe away fear and dejection
If you’ll hold the glass up
I will not give up
I’ll fix my collar and tie
And we’ll go outside
In the sun you and I
And celebrate
We are alive!
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Prey

The arrows fly by, missed,
Flesh kissed, grazed,
They persist, hunting me,
I hear grunting, they’re slow
I, unwanting to die, runaway!
Bee! How ya been? Me? I got suspended…

THIS is for SERIOUS comments only with only intelligent comments…I want some REAL opinions by some of the guys that KNOW….I know there are some….give me some insight on this…..oh, and this is off the Patriots site…not a hater site…

They were sights Sunday night that Patriots fans haven’t seen much of this year: Tom Brady being pressured, getting hit, getting sacked even, Tom Brady throwing the ball before he was ready, Tom Brady forcing it into coverage.

In short, Gillette Stadium fans were watching No. 12 play like a regular good QB, Tom Brady circa 2001-2006 instead of the SuperBrady that had been flying high for 10 games.

So, where was the Patriots’ offensive line, the unit that ESPN’s Gregg Easterbrook said would make Joey Harrington into a star? Well, they were facing a good Philadelphia front seven, something they haven’t had to do much of during their remarkable run.

New England’s line, which is excellent by any measure, and for years underrated by the media at large, had probably gotten to be a tad overrated by Sunday night’s game.

While the Patriots have played a representative NFL schedule this year – some studs, some so-sos and some bottom-feeders – they haven’t played many good defensive fronts.

In fact, they’ve played some of the worst.

Using our Defensive Hog Index rankings heading into Week 12, here’s how New England’s opponents have played up front.
Buffalo (twice): No. 32
Miami: No. 31
Cleveland: No. 29
New York Jets: No. 28
Cincinnati: No. 26 (tie)
San Diego: No. 24
Indianapolis: No. 22 (tie)
Washington: No. 19 (tie)
Dallas: No. 5.
Now, the Patriots’ output certainly helped make all of those teams look like pushovers, but there’s no getting around the fact that New England has played some terrible front sevens – only Dallas is good, while Indy and Washington would be the closest thing to respectable.

The Eagles played like a team that knew this, and their No. 10 Defensive Hogs showed no fear of the Patriots’ supposedly impenetrable offensive line.

Does any of this mean that the Patriots are vulnerable (at least a little) on the O-line? Perhaps. One thing’s for sure, future opponents Baltimore (No. 1 Defensive Hogs), Pittsburgh (No. 8 Defensive Hogs) and New York Giants (t-6th Defensive Hogs) were taking notes.

IT’S LIKE 1998 ALL OVER AGAIN
The parallels between this season and the 1998 season are striking.

Start with the fact that the main storyline for each season went something like this: good team adds Randy Moss to offense, turns into world-beater. As it was for the 15-1 Vikings.

But, like the Patriots have company in the NFL stratosphere this year, the Vikings had company in 1998. Atlanta and Denver both finished 14-2, and the Jets and Niners were both powerful 12-4 teams (both over +150 in point differential).

It was the first time there’d ever been three teams with two losses or fewer since the merger, something that could be repeated this year with some combination of Dallas, Indy, New England and Green Bay. Moss and the Vikings became the greatest non-Super Bowl team in history that year when they lost to Atlanta; he hasn’t been to the big game yet.

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Time

Upon my watch, three hands tell me the time,
The mirror shows a different degree,
Forgotten thoughts with words that do not rhyme,
Meander down the road to lunacy.

Shine your shoes up!
Put on your tie!
Let’s go outside…
And find a place to fly!

Come and gone for me to see, believed,
The ocean tides, rivers wide, crimson sky,
How will I know when God has called to me?
Upon my watch, three hands tell me the time.

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Marg…I stretch the rukes and the iambs as far as they go…I can speak in penta…with some artistry…
Yes…Destinations was another Dorsimbra

Okay, so – My 21st is coming up, and I’m like super excited. My boyfriend is taking me out to dinner the night before for just a like private romantic night, but the actual night of my birthday – everyone is going out to party (And then the day after, I’m flying to Hawaii with my boyfriend for a week)

Anyways – for literally like two months, I have been trying to find the perfect party dress for when we go out.

It has to be a bright color (Preferable pink) and it needs to stand out, I want all eyes on me.

I want people to know it’s my night!

Normally, it would have been easy for me to find something, there was a really cute pink dress at Nordstroms that I liked but I didn’t like that the back was covered up, I want it to be backless or tied.

Links would be great!
Nice brands please, don’t care about how much it costs.

Meaning like Nordstroms, Saks, Neiman, etc…nothing below that.

For the second time in one week, China refused entry to one of the US’s aircraft carriers, which had a pre-scheduled and approved docking time in Hong Kong. Dozens, if not hundreds of American family members had flown to Hong Kong to spend Thanksgiving with their military family members and were left with no explanation or reason why the ship was refused entry.

What is brewing with this increased cold shoulder from China? How is it tied to Russias increased hostility towards the USA? How is it tied to Iran?

Its all part and parcel, in my mind. Your thoughts?