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“Life is one big blog post”: The Best Six-Word Memoirs of the Week

Friday, October 8th, 2010

By Larry Smith

This week, celebrities and everyday people mobilized to encourage gay youth to know “it gets better,” while anti-gay protestors took their fight to the Supreme Court. In spite of these contradictions, your Six-Word Memoirs reminded us of the supreme power of words. Here are six six-worders we love from the week ending October 8. Click on each author’s name to check out more memoirs.

Most Meta: “Life is one big blog post.’”—Debbie Stier
Best Imagery: “Killed two rumors with one smile.” —Kadie-Wa, from SMITHTeens
Most Heartbreakingly Poetic: “The eccentricity is genetic; loneliness environmental.”—Austin Duggan (profile pic, above).
Most In Need of a Backstory: “I really need some big bandaids.” —Three Loves
Funniest: “Rich, single, 60: call me collect.” Heard at a Six-Word Slam at the AARP Convention in Orlando.
Most Inspirational: “Life doesn’t have a reset button.” —SomeA123, from our new six-word project, Six Words on Pain & Hope, with the nonprofit, To Write Love on Her Arms.

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11 responses

  1. seahta says:

    this is not my practice life

  2. Sharisse_Cohee says:

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  7. Marcos Leandro says:

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  8. Bebe Dubach says:

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  9. Anonymous says:

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  10. Anonymous says:

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  11. Anonymous says:

    You provided viewers with an in depth evaluation of the topic that left no rock unturned.

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