The morning coffee goes poetic and travels through time
In the news: What happens if you take a newspaper, and replace all the journalists with poets? You get reporting like this:
The speech was erudite and precise. The text was pragmatic. But the subtext was depressing: We cannot survive without a treaty, but we have no one to sign one with. We must try, but just between the two of us, it won’t work. The word “opportunity” was mentioned repeatedly, but every time, it was accompanied by a sigh. Pessimism is part and parcel of being a rightist leader, but to be a pessimistic leftist leader is unpleasant.
This morning’s image of the day is an advertisement. I always feel guilty when I do this — I don’t mind being paid for advertisements, but I feel like a victim of a marketer’s ploys.

The Discovery Channel demonstrates what a “warp-drive” spaceship would actually look like if there were such things.
Finally, from Germany, we have a cold case investigation. This case is particularly cold — it’s an investigation of a 3,000 year old murder of six children.
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hee! i would love all newspapers taken over by poets!
I don’t think there is a lot of “joint pain caused by old age” in your market share. So feel good about posting ads.
@Pez
True. We get our joint pain the old fashioned way.