100 Words – Victory Dance
2011
Snowpocalypse Round 2 hit yesterday, followed by ice.
Did I mention I love snow? Yeah, probably my fault that the country is getting slammed with the white stuff. It was all that pining and whining for snow through the month of December. And I’m not going to apologize. The world needs to slow down once in a while.
Couple of admin type thingies. 1) If you are hosting your blog on Blogger and you don’t set comments to allow for anonymous and Name/URL commenters, I can’t comment on your blog. I’d set up yet another Google account, but honestly, I’m up to my eyeballs in internet accounts to manage. So you’ll understand if I leave this one up to you.
2) Be sure when you add your link to the Linky Tools that you’re adding the URL for the 100 Word post, and not the main URL for your blog. If you do the latter, people are going to have to dig to find the right post.
3) Hoping you’ll forgive me for being late AGAIN. I don’t have much of an excuse other than the usual OH-MY-LORD-I’M-BUSIER-THAN-SQUIRREL-IN-NOVEMBER. You understand.
I was in Maine this past weekend. Did a little snowboarding and a little football watching. Patriots got clobbered and won’t make it to the Super Bowl this year, but Ton-Fifty-One’s charming character just might. Look out NFL!
Back Yard Super Bowl
Heaving the tattered Nerf football straight up into the air as high as he could, the boy waited for the kickoff to come down between the telephone wires into his arms, and surveyed the defensive obstacles in front of him.
He faked out the stationary oak lineman, spun away from the oncoming rush of the oscillating sprinkler safety, juked the shrubbery cornerback, and high-stepped over the garden hose goal line into the end zone, fourteen yards from where he began.
“I’m invincible!!” he shouted as he raised his arms to signal touchdown and began his victory dance.
“Next stop…the NFL!”
Let’s see, what’s on the bookshelf? Ah. One of my favorites, The Virgin of Bennington, by Kathleen Norris.
CREDENTIALS
“Beyond the reason given, that these poets, many of whom were college professors, did not have the credentials to teach in the New York City schools, Betty sensed “a reflexive bureaucratic resistance to any idea extrinsic to departmental thinking.” She wrote Freund that “we found ourselves explaining that we were not trying to teach a course on how to scan or to differentiate rhyme schemes; in fact we found ourselves explaining that these poets are articulate.” Once she got the courses going, however, they proved popular with the teachers.”
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Wonderful choice. This piece made me smile as soon as I hit the line “faked out the stationary oak lineman.
It was a charming story.
great choice! we,too, had some snow. sigh – happens every year – I’m ready fo more light and less snow and more warmth – I know – I live in the wrong state for that.
Barbara recently posted..Not me- said Anita
Seems like the whole country is getting snow. I’ll be ready for Spring myself soon, but I’ve been enjoying the big snow falls. Was in Maine last weekend and there was plenty of light. Bright, beautiful days for sledding and snowboarding.
Winter hobbies help make it livable.
Last week I had trouble with the word. This week a combination of true story mixed with amusing fiction (to me) made my entry easy to write.
Vel, hope you dig out soon.
Lance recently posted..Bon Jovi Still Sucks
Some prompts come easier to us than others.
Velvet Verbosity recently posted..100 Words – Victory Dance
When is this one due? I missed that last one – not complaining, mind you – but if you’re moving the Word publish to Thursday, I’m going to have trouble making any of these.
lceel recently posted..100 Word Challenge – Invincible
Still Sunday at midnight. I don’t want to change the end date if I get delayed in posting because then I might want to change it back again. Imperfect system, I know. I need some minions.
MINIONS! Now, THERE is a good word.
Barbara recently posted..Not me- said Anita
Loved this week’s pick. Wonderful imagery, and great compliment to last week’s football shenanigans.
Tara R. recently posted..Ride along
Thanks, VV, for welcoming me back with my first trip to the winner’s circle! And thanks to everyone for all your swell comments. I had fun writing that one.
Gregg recently posted..Backyard Super Bowl
This was my week to struggle. I gave it two shots but neither hit the mark. Maybe because it’s cold and rainy, but not quite cold enough to snow.
Fran (aka FGHart) recently posted..Mystery Dance
Dumb question (maybe): I’ve been counting my title in the word count and using the title to provide context or content. I’m starting to realize others are not. Hmmm. Does this mean I’m not in compliance or do you go either way on this?
Either way, it’s up to you, but I’m pretty sure most people are not counting their title in the word count.
velvetverbosity recently posted..100 Words – Victory Dance
ACK!! The linky list is closed!
I thought it was open until midnight local time. My entry was published on my blog with almost an hour to spare…but I guess I won’t be added to the list. I hope I’m still counted.
(click my recently posted link below to see my “credentials” entry.)
Gregg recently posted..In and Out of the Spotlight
It’s open til midnight Eastern time. I can only set it to one time zone, and defaulted to mine. Sorry about that.
BUT, no real worries since I got your comment and saw your post. 
I too was unable to use the linky list
Here’s the link to my entry…
http://blissdeliciouslife.blogspot.com/2011/01/100-words.html
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oh no. i missed this round. *gears up for the next one*
I think I’ll continue to count them in my tally as long as I’m using the title to affect the story. I can’t tell you how much I am getting out of this exercise! I’d been struggling with self-editing but these weekly challenges are helping me improve dramatically. Thank you!
Oops! That was in reply to your reply to my comment above! Damn captcha code error tripped me up. Grrr. I’m not a fan of the WV’s, CAPTCHA code, etc.
Fran (aka FGHart) recently posted..Regrets
Sorry, but the captcha code keeps spam comments down.
And believe me, I’ve weeded through thousands of them before.
I’m not to the point of getting thousands but I have to admit, I’m getting annoyed by the tens of anonymous comments. Annoyed to the point of considering setting up captcha/WV on my own site. I don’t even get the point of the spam comments. {sigh}
Fran (aka FGHart) recently posted..Regrets