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I was worried that the folks at PFFA wouldn't like "Macaronica"; I was using them as a barometer for poems in my manuscript, and against my better judgment I posted the poem after sending in the application. But they liked it, for the most part. So I feel reassured about including it now.

I've been meaning to take part in the "100 Poems, 100 Days" challenge issued by sarenity, but I just haven't found the motivation to write again. It's been four months or so since I was writing with any regularity. I do want to get back in the habit. At the same time, I don't want to waste my time writing fluff poems. I hate fluff as much as I hate small talk.

We're supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow today. I'm definitely not looking forward to that.

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Uvula. (Latin.) Late Latin uvula, diminutive of uua, a grape, a cluster, also the uvula.

That felt like a Mack truck

Study: Football Hits Similar to Crashes

Football players were struck in the head 30 to 50 times per game and regularly endured blows similar to those experienced in car crashes, according to a Virginia Tech study that fitted players' helmets with the same kinds of sensors that trigger auto air bags.

[...] The helmets measure hits in multiples of the force of gravity. Half of the hits recorded this season were greater than 30 Gs, Duma said. The hardest hits measured more than 130 Gs.

"An impact of 120 Gs would be like a severe car accident, which you could survive if you were wearing a seat belt," Duma said.