Wicked. Awesome.

It was actually happening. The nerd was kissing the homecoming queen. Paper was beating scissors; scissors were beating rock. Charlie Brown was kicking the football. The Red Sox were beating the Yankees for the American League pennant.

["Red Sox' Anguish and Yankees' Mystique and Aura Dissolve in Game 7" by Tyler Kepner, The New York Times, October 21 2004]