Campbell Robertson boldly sums up the year and drops a Rafael Palmiero steroid reference within spitting distance of Martha Stewart. Great job, even if he was forced to rhyme Katrina and Angelina. An excerpt:

Because - let's change the topic:

To PARIS! Riper than a melon,

Led more Greeks astray than HELEN,

Been around more than MAGELLAN,

We wait for the biopic.

But soft! We speak of Greeks, ch ri,

And hark - ARIANNA's plea:

"Dahling, won't you blahg for me?"

"We will!" we say. (We lied.)

A Poem of Farewell to 2005 [NYT]

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