02/23/2021 Poetry Coroner Roses are red
Violets are blue
Lawrence is dead
Ferlinghetti who?
- Mike Spinney, with tip o` the cap to Mr. Place
Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died at 101, ending Natalie Tyler's
13 year solo vigil as she gets her first hit on her
Old Writers Never Die... List. This list moves up to 41st place.
Congratulations, Natalie!
Poem credit: Mike Spinney 02/17/2021 Out on a Limbaugh Radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh has died at 70. He was included on 23 lists this year (42% of the entries), being this year's most-picked celeb, and giving us a player with 6 hits a mere 48 days into this craziest-ever game: Bob Razem's List 5 further solidifies his lead.
Bob's List 1 gets a 5th hit, while his
List 2 and
List 3 grab their 4th.
Kelly Keegan's Kelly and Craig do it again! List also picks up a 4th hit.
Tuning in for a third hit: Kelly Keegan's List 1,
Bob Razem's List 4,
Joe Biasi, and
Paul Lineback.
Ditto on their second: Jimmy Casino,
Kevin Byrnes,
John Downey,
Me!,
David Riede,
Nathan Raupach, and
Natalie Tyler's Final Impulses
and The C Files Lists.
Finally, first-time hitters calling in this year:
Rob Dunmire,
Bob Lyhus,
Lindsey Roke,
Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2021 List,
and Kelly Keegan's List 2 and
List 3.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
Honorable mentions:
"DittoDEAD" (Kelly Keegan)
"Rushed for the Exit, off the air permanently" (Robert Lyhus)
02/14/2021 Carlos Bury 'em Former Argentinian President
Carlos Menem has died at 90, and Bob Razem was the only player who'd picked him; and on 3 lists no less:
List 5 becomes the first entry this year to get a FIFTH HIT, and moves into First place.
Bob's List 1 gets a fourth hit, while his
List 3 picks up his third.
Felicidades, Bob!
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