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'Twas my first week of Xomba

posted November 7, 2006 - 7:30pm
'Twas my first week of Xomba

Obviously to the tune of "The night before Christmas"

'Twas my first week of Xomba, Caught deep in the web
My fingers typed furiously, With me rarely seeing my bed

My Xombytes were posted on the web with great care
In hopes that I'd find, a new comment there

My wife is now nestled all snug in our bed
While I'm on the computer, Instead of resting my head

Mamma sleeping soundly, But I'm wide awake
Thinking of the next post that I might make

When on one of my articles there arose such a clatter
Dozens of comments, some mad at my letter

Back to the keyboard I type like a flash
Secretly hoping these posts bring me cash

Then what to my glazed over eyes should appear?
72 cents in my adsense account, not enough for a beer

Leaving comments on Mythman, on Lady, on Cara, on Publius
On Maken, on Idle, on ChrisRick, and Mobius

Have any replied? Oh course man! You bet!
Unfortunately though my only buddy is still Brett

'Nother night gone, Chores and trash high with neglect
As I sit in the Den, Waiting for my PC to connect

I have things to attend to, So I gotta run
But I'll be back often, Don't think that I'm done

Back to the real world, well, so-to-speak
But thanks to you all, For an interesting first week!

Chansen



Comments

Good question

But of course I don't know. I checked one of your posts and you had the ads there. Maybe email the guys behind the scenes here at Xomba, they could probably tell you...unless they are embezzling all that cold hard cash... We should hire a private detective. I wonder if Veronica Mars is available? That would be awesome.

Haha

Nice one! I can't figure out how to even make my posts get 72 cents... Maybe I'm just not getting it... I put the pub # in, but it doesn't work... little help please!?!

Good idea?

I rather like the word 'Twas. I might just start throwing it in everyday conversation. Like if someone says Hey Chansen, is that your bag of Skittles? I can very smoothly and cool like reply 'Twas... but I'm done now, you can have 'em. Ok so I would probably just sound stupid... doesn't hurt to give it a shot though. ;)

Very Nice

Good verse and quite witty.

Celanith

Hello everyone, stop and set awhile.

Dunedin

4 hours south of Christchurch. The colder region of NZ. Hence why its sleeting in November - just shy of summer here.

Nice poem!

Very clever my friend. I enjoyed it thoroughly. -Firefly, Xomba Moderator. If you have any questions or concerns you can reach me at eval(unescape('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%63%6f%72%79%40%78%6f%6d%62%61%2e%63%6f%6d%22%3e%63%6f%72%79%40%78%6f%6d%62%61%2e%63%6f%6d%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))

-Firefly, Xomba Moderator.

NZ huh?

What part of NZ are you from? Anywhere near Christchurch? That and Auckland are the only two cities I know there. Always wanted to visit both Australia and New Zealand. Anyway, thanks for the comment, see ya around.

Well done!

As a fellow new Xombee, I applaud you - you've put in to words exactly how I feel also, though with out the having a wife part - great structure! Keep up the good work!

Shout-out

Yes I did sir...and thank you for that!! You've done a remarkable job your first week here, and even if we don't always see eye to eye, I'm glad you're aboard. We needed some 'new blood' around here. HA!! Happy writing!!

My fair Lady

Well thank you LadyPeninhand, I was hoping to lighten the mood... did you catch your shout-out? Ha. Peace

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