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I keep running across six word stories of various types.
In the last week, I noticed Six Sells over on 37signals, referencing Stephen Dubner’s (one of the Freakonomics guys) call to “Write a six-word motto for the U.S. of A.” Now there’s a book of, six word memoirs, which means there’s a New Yorker piece [...]


I don’t think my new watch is morbid

I can see why, at first glance, it might seem that way. It is “the most accurate wristwatch you can buy” not because of the mechanism, but the philosophy: “the hour hand reads ‘remember’, the minute hand ‘you will die’”.
No, really, it’s not morbid. It’s called The Accurate, and it came in a spiffy box [...]


I won’t post again until I know how it ends

My weekend will be devoted to Harry Potter. I’m going to bed now, so I can get up early, get coffee, get to the bookstore, and get back home to start reading. Ok, technically to start listening — we (and by we, I mean Lisa) read the entire book out loud. That way we both [...]


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