‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, and all cross the web

Not a Blogger was posting, not even EvHead.

The Corpses were hung by the ‘puter with care,

In the hopes inspiration soon would be there.

The Blogger Insiders all snug in their beds,

While visions of hit counts danced in their heads.

My computer in sleep mode, and I in my cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap,

When cool though it was I started to sweat,

I forgot to go read all my friends on the net!

I booted up windows I prayed not to crash,

My dial-up connection was never so fast.

The light from the screen set the room all aglow

As I clicked on a link and away I would go.

When, what to my content starved eyes should appear,

But a dearth of new postings, no Web Logs to cheer.

With the shakes from withdrawal and the need for a fix,

I‘ve stolen this poem away from St. Nick.

I know you expect my own writing to follow,

But this is important, I’ll post mine tomorrow.

Write David! Write Peter! Write Wilson and Cootie!

Blog Jessy! Blog Arvid! Blog Gordon and Billie!

I know that it’s Christmas, but Blogging’s your call,

So write today, write today, write today all!

On Cooties there’s nary a comment to see,

Mike’s spending his time with his wife and kitty.

David, who’s known as the BulletProofPunk,

Is gone for a while cause he’s dead, or some junk.

Jessica’s in mourning for the ‘death’ of her friend,

At least that is true till he rises again.

Arvid, dear Arvid, of Bar Food dot org,

I miss your rants, and your raves, and your troubles galore.

Mecawilson is spending the next week away,

So we’ll live without humor on this damn holiday.

I don’t think AntiGordon has disappeared,

But he might be too busy with trimming his beard.

Peter is feeling a bit out of sort,

So he’s drinking with friends at the pub called The Port.

Billie is shopping and make no mistake,

Cause she is a woman and her presents are late!

Natalie is missing or maybe asleep,

She’s been gone since her lunch on Thursday last week!

Davezilla and Ernie continue to write,

But there are just so many times I can refresh their site.

Marcia posts strange links at her site every day,

Not that I’m complaining, I’m just saying, OK?

Myopic, my sweet, who was my very first link,

Has ‘poof’ disappeared, and no note from her shrink.

I write this in jest with no harm in my head,

I just felt this was needed and had to be said.

You’re all such great writers, each in your own way,

And I wish you the best on this fine Holiday.

I read each of you and many more that I’ve missed

So if you’re not mentioned and before you get pissed,

You should hear me exclaim, ere you click off this site,

Happy Blogging to all and to all a good write!

Happy Holidays Everyone.