Do my will, or I will blog out the moon! I mean BLOT! Blot out the Moon!

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Gaze into the sky, ye mortals, and tremble! Behold my power as I stretch forth my hand! Especially between now and 10:01 p.m. Eastern time!

You must do my bidding; you have no choice — defy me, and lose the night’s most blessed illumination!

Hear me — you must henceforth vote for either Barack Obama or John McCain in all primaries yet to come!

Oh, and McCain — you must not ask Sanford to be your veep, or future generations will curse you as they stumble in the darkness!!!!

(Hey, I thought it was worth a try. It worked for Hank Morgan. Columbus, too.)

8 thoughts on “Do my will, or I will blog out the moon! I mean BLOT! Blot out the Moon!

  1. Mike Cakora

    Kudos to The State for its coverage of the eclipse. I read the item in today’s (Wednesday’s) edition, then drove north for 506 miles (averaging 69.65 mph and getting 29.75 mpg – don’t tell Sam about the former number), arriving at the Ashburn, VA home of one of my sisters at 3:30 this afternoon.
    Later during supper I mentioned tonight’s eclipse; my sister and my mom had heard something about it on the radio, but hadn’t noticed anything in today’s edition of the Washington Post. I grabbed the paper to search through the A and metro sections, only to find this:

    LOS ANGELES — The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurs Wednesday night, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon. The total eclipse can be seen from North America, although clouds may obscure the view for many in the United States.

    The Post’s online edition did have the following posted at 7:20 PM:

    Total Eclipse of Moon Is Tonight
    LOS ANGELES — The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurs Wednesday night, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon. The total eclipse can be seen from North America, although clouds may obscure the view for many in the United States.

    How many folks are going to check the Post at 7:20 PM?The State wins!
    BTW, the skies were clear, we saw the durn thing, and it was neat. Please convey my family’s appreciation to the newsroom – they done good!

  2. bill

    Uno wins Best in Show,and gets no mention on your blog.
    If I read another word about these senators who’ve called in sick for a couple of years,I think I’m gonna scream.

  3. Brad Warthen

    You know, I read weldon’s comment and thought “Huh? This was about the MOON.”
    Then I looked back and saw that the Sanford thing was one of the things I stuck in there when I thought, “What are some recent things that my readers might think I would want to demand if I had such supernatural power.” I thought it was funny. I thought I was making fun of myself. I thought y’all would dig that.
    Blotting out the moon is easy. Comedy’s hard.

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