Be Brief

If it's Tuesday, there are more primaries and Paul gets to mouth off.

Briefly.

The editors of Smith have put together a clever little book, "Not Quite What I Was Planning."

Writers and readers contributed their memoirs with one stipulation. Each had to be six words long. The inspiration was apparently the tale of Ernest Hemingway being challenged to write a novel in six words. The result: "For Sale: baby shoes. never worn."

Yep, he was that good.

Here are some efforts from the new book.

"Found true love, married someone else."

"After Harvard, had baby with crackhead."

"Love me or leave me alone."

Author Sebastian Junger wrote: "I asked. They answered. I wrote."

Novelist Dave Eggers: "Fifteen years since last professional haircut."

Comic book writer Harvey Pekar: "Fight, work, persevere. Gain slight notoriety."

Okay, here's my effort. "Bitch. Moan. Type. Bitch. Moan. Zzzz."

What's your six-word autobiography?
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BRIEF COMMENTS

On The Miami Herald's website, readers comment as much about other readers as about the stories themselves. Here are two posted yesterday.

First Reader: "I wish you people would learn how to spell."

Second Reader: "I wish so two."

Briefly,
Paul