silvery strands of thought
This idea has been around for quite a long time. In fact, its most famous version is from Hemingway, who wrote not a six-word memoir, but a six-word novel:
For sale: baby shoes, never used.
This most recent iteration was sparked by SMITH Magazine’s book called Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure. NPR even has an enjoyable slide-show to accompany the six-word memoirs they have collected.
Before we go on our long run today, I decided to check LJ, since I hadn’t in like, for ever. Found a fun little quiz/survey on syrinx-redstar‘s blog, which I then saw he got from curechik. Band name: Green Hairstreak Album title: (Something) We Do Not Understand Album cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbowcolors/2183277408/ Find out your own: 1. [...]
JazzyJo tagged me for this Christmas meme, but I don’t usually post surveys on this blog (they usually go on my stupid-site-with-lots-of-ads-and-totally-not-Web 2.0 blog). This meme, though, is special. Wrapping paper or gift bag? Wrapping paper! I don’t remember exactly which Christmas it was, but one year, it was my job to wrap all the [...]
Thanks, Meagan! Not sure why the links are huge, but I didn’t feel like fixing it. Sorry. :) -Prologue- 1.Who took your profile picture?– Beth 2. Exactly what are you wearing right now?– Running shorts and a white (DRY!) t-shirt 3. What is your current problem?– 1. Finding a place to live in Giessen. 2. [...]
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