Woohoo!

I will have Internet access for the next year! Hooray!

Well, at least as long as I can afford to pay the phone bill. And if the landlord doesn't kick me out. But yeah, I'm still here.

Also, one of my brothers made an actual joke! With a smiley attached and everything! The other brother's being snippy, but I can deal.

Found amongst old papers

Originally from an old Mad magazine:

If Poe's "The Raven" Were Written By Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never hear
A raven who is more sincere
Than that one tapping at my door
Who's ever saying, "Nevermore."
A raven who repeats his words
Until I think I'm for the birds;
A raven who, I must assume,
Will dirty up my living-room;
A raven fond of bugs and worms
With whom I'm on the best of terms.
Let other poets praise a tree--
A raven's good enough for me!

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Speaking of "The Raven," my father used to love inventing new stanzas for the poem. His favorite included the lines:

"Scratch the gravel, bird, and travel!
Leave this hovel, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."