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Postby Holly Kerfoot » 11:35 pm Thursday, February 21, 2008

What could you say about your life in six words?

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/14/si ... -by-w.html
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Postby maggie leung » 12:37 am Friday, February 22, 2008

took risks, laughed often, learned lots

what would you say?
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Postby Powderhorn » 2:59 am Friday, February 22, 2008

Oops. Oh, f*ck. Well, this works.
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Postby Dan Puckett » 4:27 am Friday, February 22, 2008

Seemed like good idea at time.
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Postby dfisher » 12:13 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

You want it when? Yeah, sure.
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Postby bluepencil » 1:41 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

had fun, played fair, did best
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Postby VanderViking » 2:38 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

Edited it down to five.
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Postby Jim Thomsen » 2:58 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

Does this taste funny to you?
"Can we have a talk, editor to editor ... and really, almost human being to human being?"

— Charles Lane (Peter Sarsgaard), "Shattered Glass"
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Postby Peter Fisk » 3:18 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

Uh, you see it too, right?

alt:

Did I say that out loud?
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Postby Gerri Berendzen » 4:10 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

Work, eat, laugh. In that order.

(alternate: I'll have Diet Coke and chocolate)
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Postby LisaMc » 4:36 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

Betcha didn't know I knew that.
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Postby Matthew Crowley » 7:28 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

No lie, it's in the stylebook.
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Postby Holly Kerfoot » 10:32 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

She made deadline once too often.
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Postby john.mcintyre » 10:57 pm Friday, February 22, 2008

I knew that couldn't be right.
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Postby Wayne Countryman » 2:22 am Saturday, February 23, 2008

It's OK, I'm with the band.
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Postby Deirdre Edgar » 2:53 am Saturday, February 23, 2008

Do you want fries with that?

(Getting ready for my next career... )
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Postby Diana D » 8:46 am Saturday, February 23, 2008

Crap! Lost again. Where's that map?
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Postby vtuss » 5:36 pm Saturday, February 23, 2008

Read early; now I work late.
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Postby editer » 9:03 pm Saturday, February 23, 2008

Oh boy, yet another Internet meme.
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Postby Paul Ybarrondo » 11:35 pm Saturday, February 23, 2008

Wait. This isn't my bus. Crap.
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Postby kduhe » 3:08 pm Monday, February 25, 2008

So far, so good ...
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Postby A_Reese » 10:52 pm Monday, February 25, 2008

Ragged claws? Don't get me started.
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Postby Chris Wienandt » 11:30 pm Monday, February 25, 2008

Trim that story? Sure. No problem.
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Postby Paul Soucy » 11:31 pm Monday, February 25, 2008

Budget said six words. Got nine.
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Postby cny » 12:47 am Tuesday, February 26, 2008

A cute piece about the book:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/02/25/080225ta_talk_widdicombe
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Postby MFranco » 2:30 am Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Just glad you could make it.
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Postby thryn » 3:09 pm Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Thin girl finds journalism, beer, fat.
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Postby Gerri Berendzen » 6:06 pm Tuesday, February 26, 2008

This is from a reporter friend when asked "what would your six word memoir be?"

I can't do this in six words.

But the desk will probably edit to "I need seven."
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Postby Mike O'Connell » 4:50 am Thursday, March 6, 2008

Patience; finishing shortly.
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