Overly Lame Blog Entry Removed While Author Can Still Step Outside Without Hiding His Face In Shame

Earlier today, I wrote a blog entry that started thusly:

I was just reading the hometown online newspaper and this headline caught my eye:

COUGAR ESCAPES - STILL MISSING

For my homepeeps back in Clay County, do not panic. John "Cougar" Mellencamp is really quite harmless...

From there the writing quickly slid down hill, devolving into a series of lame puns based on John Mellencamp song titles. For the sake of what little dignity I have, I will not mention the pink house he escaped from, or the names of his captors (yes, Jack and Diane).

One of the lessons I have read time and again about writing is to turn off one's inner self-editor. Just write and don't worry about the words. Just get the message out - rough as it may be.

Well... there's rough. And there's coarse sandpaper. And this little blog entry hurt so good... er, uh, you know what I mean. I got to keep on writing, no matter how bad. It's still early, and I ain't even done with the night... uh-oh... sorry!

Stop me before I pun again! I don't want this blog to come crumblin' down under the weight of all these Mellencamp puns. Arrrgh!! I did it again!