Friday, February 15, 2008

Six-Word Memoirs

Just a quickie here, to launch you into your weekend of literary shenanigans. Via BoingBoing, we learn of this new book of six-word memoirs, Not Quite What I Was Planning. A sample:

Kentucky trash heap yields unexpected flower. -- John Kurtz
Changing mind postponed demise by decades. -- Scott O'Neil
Despite disorders, jafroed jewboy gets girl. -- Michael Eisner
Didn't pull out. Downhill from there. -- Roger Daubach
Thought I would have more impact. -- Kevin Clark
Yes, you can edit my biography. -- Jimmy Wales
Must remember: people, gadgets. That order. -- Brian Lam

Now I will take a deep breath, overcome my sorrow at not being invited to the party, and offer up "Lower sales, fewer New York friends." Anyone?
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8 comments:

  1. ed skoogFebruary 15, 2008 at 12:15 PM

    Chose poetry over math.

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  2. MonketahFebruary 15, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    I'm a late bloomer, so here goes: "All was lost until age fifty."

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2008 at 1:24 PM

    Ha haa awesome!

    Skoog, btw, I was just today playing that song I wrote around your poem "The Lions of Canarsie"...I'm the musical entertainment for a grad student reading next month....I think I'll play it there.

    How was the Massachusetts event?

    monketah, thanks for stopping by...and I hope I'm singing the same tune...

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2008 at 10:58 PM

    Too many blogs. Didn't write today.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2008 at 11:04 PM

    Learnt to love the difficult pleasures

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  6. M. SáfloFebruary 16, 2008 at 1:04 PM

    Made a Blog, Got the Chicks

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2008 at 6:13 PM

    Paraphrasing Philip Roth:

    "As though in her presence, hope."

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  8. Writer, RejectedFebruary 17, 2008 at 8:26 PM

    "Alas, I am my own creation"

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