It started a little more than a week ago with this, Bobbie reading AARP Magazine. Quickly it progressed to this:
—– Original Message —–
From: “Richard Goldberg” <richsgold@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:58:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Something differentThis is not to notify you of a blog posting. Rather it is an invitation to you to participate in writing a blog entry.
Here’s the challenge: Write your autobiography in 6 words–no more or less.
Send them to me by reply email. I’ll collect them and publish them in the blog–without comment. If you want to be posted anonymously, say so and I will do so. Otherwise I’ll identify you as you choose to be known.
This is not a contest. It’s just something to think about for a minute and then do. You’ve got a week to reply. Deadline is June 30th.
Here are two that have already been submitted:
“Kim, Dave, Mike
Tom, Richard, Nurse.”
–and–
“Last chapter yet to be written.”I look forward to reading yours.
Goldberg
Here are your replies roughly in the order received. Thank you.
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Don’t move
That’s it
Got it!
–anonymous
“emerged, awake, soon asleep, no matter”
(just) mark
born,died,reborn,live,die,reborn
–anon please
Alix always wanted to be beautiful.
–Alix Lorance
a happy being being happy being
–Christy Wang
Family, children, grandchildren, relatives, students, friends.
–Dorothy Quirk
I arrived, I saw, I parented!
–George Kaplan
Blessed with family, children, loves. grateful
–anonymous
“Life lessons for irreversible mistakes? Fair.” –Jack Beaton
My life story line is introspective.
–Karen Kaminski
Married (twice), skiing musically with kids.
–Jim Kimenker
pretty good thus far: still breathing.
–David Mintz
Fifty years, nothing more than this.
–Anonymously please
friend, father, teacher, musician, recovering addict.
–Terry McGovern
Watching for glimpses of the sun.
–Nadia Huntley
“without: sight, scent, sound, touch, -hollow.”
–You may sign my moniker to the above—DW
I came, I putzed, I left.
–Fred Rosenberg
“Will the fortune teller be right”
–Mary Smith
“never say you are too old.”
–David Straite
“I am always at the beginning…”
–Sheldon Blitstein: Quoting the Buddha on his 80th birthday
work hard & keep going
–Norm Cagin
wife, mother, sister, daughter, student, love
–Connie Kaminski
amazing, underachieving, grateful, adventurous, and everchanging!!
–Luis Rosa
Born, educated, drugged, friend, jailed, recovery.
–Juan Dones
Born. Grew. Aged. Not dead. Yet.
–Bill Kinloch
Miracles continue to happen to me.
–Evelyn Tirado
i don’t know where i will be in the future?
–Eman Evans
Six word autobiography: too arbitrary, short.
–John Craig
Woman, Wife, Musician, Cyclist, Humanist, Friend.
–Joan Harper
Married. Happy father. To be continued.
–Ezra Beaton
bill’s smile seen on dead raccoon!
–Bill Miller
Kim, David, Mike, Tom, Richard, Nurse.
–Bobbie Goldberg
Wow! It really isn’t about me.
–RSG
Mostly learning experience at times enlightening.
–Olga Stebeleva
creative chaos broadcasts green heart’s smile
–mjf
Me, Mom, Dad, Deb, David, Bill
—And —-
I am, I am, I am
–Denise Connors
person, soldier, engineer, husband, father, grandfather
–Ron Kaminski
Always learning, sometimes growing, rarely satisfied. –Wayne Wright
Sometime confused and wet, but happy! — Dan Monahan
Always learning, sometimes growing, rarely satisfied. Kim Calcasola
Still loosing hair and gaining weight. –Jim McAslan
I came, I saw, I conquered. –Lew Brown
interesting concept.
I love your drawings, would like to see more of them. I still have those two you sent to me framed in our den. Can you scan all yours in and post them?
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Kudos Richard. Yours was the funniest (after mine, of course).
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This from friend Judy in Virginia:
Richard,
I took a quick look at the six word biographies and just loved one of them.
I came, I putzed, I left.
If I end up with a tombstone, I’d like that on it. I’m hoping to be recycled, but it isn’t up to me.
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