[Janice D. Soderling]

Hooray. Yesterday January 19, Jan joined the elite club of Spherians at NVN.

http://newversenews.blogspot.se/

[Maryann Corbett]

Thanks for pointing this out, Janice. I hope Jan still looks in here once in a while. Riffing on "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"?

As the spouse of a once-upon-a-time bike racing competitor, I think LA's actions were slimy in the extreme.

[Jan D. Hodge]

Thanks Janice and Maryann -- and especially to Chris O'Carroll.

I was out of town this weekend and was unaware of its being posted, and Chris sent me a PM asking if the subject wasn't Armstrong but Cheney. He was right; the photo selection was entirely the editor's, who seems to have missed the poem's intended target (though I guess it could quite easily be Armstrong, except perhaps for the reference in the last stanza to Cheney's heart transplant).

I did email NVN about it, and assume that the accompanying photo will be changed, if it hasn't been already.

Jan

[Jan D. Hodge]

To resolve any confusion for those now reading the thread, the photo of Lance Armstrong which originally appeared with the poem has been replaced with a cartoon rendering of Dick Cheney, thanks to commendably prompt work by the editor of NVN.

Jan