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Thursday, February 14, 2008

6 Word Memoirs..........

One of my fav sites is BoingBoing. I love visiting it, several times a day if i can. Todays favorite was this one:

Six-word memoirs by writers famous and obscure

By Mark Frauenfelder on Book

200802141438Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, edited by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, is an anthology of several hundred six-word autobiographies. I wish all tombstones came with stories like these:
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

What's your six-word memoir? Add it to the comments. Link

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well.. here's my six-word memoir....

Made some mistakes, doing fine now. --

What's yours?