On this, Katie’s Last Day!, Ms. Couric is receiving shout-outs from all over the ‘sphere — some syrupy, some surly, and several served with a soupcon of journo-scolding.

Nebraska-based Sarah at My Freaking Blog confesses that “it hurts my heart that [Couric’s] leaving! Sigh!!” — and reinforces her melancholy mood with a frowning emoticon (“mood: cranky”).

Mike weighs in thusly from Malta: “After waking up with Katie Couric for the past 15 years, I dedicate this blog to her moving on and thanking her for making me, literally, a morning person. Every morning since about the 1st grade or so I’ve been watching the Today Show. Seeing her sign off today brought some tears to my eye, literally, even though I don’t know her personally…”

Tears are also flowing in Norfolk, Virginia, where Helena Handbasket wonders, “Who else was crying this morning during Katie Couric’s last day on the Today Show? I know I was. What really sealed the deal was when they showed the boy who had lost his sister in the Columbine shooting and had seen his friend get shot and then held hands with his friend’s dad during the interview. Geez! Do they know how to tug at our heart strings or what?”

And then there’s Jeremy, a South Carolinian, who has had “enough already!!! current mood: annoyed” (as evidenced by the grimacing emoticon). Blogs Jeremy: “Being in radio you are sometimes forced to watch supposedly pop-culturally relevant events that make you want to vomit. I am experiencing that as I watch Katie Couric say good-bye. SHE’S LEAVING TO GO TO A RIVAL NETWORK!!!! SHE’S NOT DYING!!!! I honestly think this is the most gosh-awful television I have ever watched… Watching this junk makes me...

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