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DF’s many devoted readers constantly bombard Losanjealous with emails desperately desiring to get behind the scenes of his creative process.  [This has never happened.—Ed.]  Just how does a DF derby writeup happen?  What kind of things is DF writing so diligently in that cheap-ass CVS steno pad?  Are the countless spelling and grammar errors intentional expressions of some kind of overwrought irony, or merely the product of the author’s fourth-grade education?  And how can a human being write anything after typically ingesting twelve to fourteen Zima-and-A1-sauce cocktails before even sitting down at the keyboard?

Well, this time around, readers, you’re in for a treat!  Batten down the hatches, load up the Bessemer converters, untie Aunt Tilly and bring her down from the attic, because DF’s going to throw aside the curtain and expose the writing process all proud and impressive and exceeding expectations like when Toto exposed the Wizard.  He’ll not only take you through last Sat eve’s spine-titillating Cookies v. Sirens tilt, but will show you the real-time, textually accurate notes on which his hi-end derby reportage was based.  Oh, it’s going to be terribly interesting.  Here we go!

~7.20pm.  Wind 23knots, SSW.  Excitement palpable.  Sweating profusely.  May drop and/or soil pants.

OK, here I was logging crucial pre-game conditions and expressing my pre-game, post-hiatus sense of heightened anticipation in the throbbing din of the Doll Fac.  The pants-dropping and/or soiling may seem a bit extreme, but hey—this was not only the first bout after a protracted hiatus, but also a critical face-off between the undefeated-in-2010, two-time defending champ Tough Cookies and the ever-dangerous Sirens.  For the Cookies, a win would more or less have locked up their third consecutive Champs Bout berth; for the Sirens, victory would have meant a tie for the league lead.  Pretty momentous, eh?  Now who’s dropping and/or soiling their pants?

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