A story in only six words

Ernest Hemmingway once wrote a brief but telling story: "For sale: baby shoes.  Never worn."

During my 14-turned-18-mile-(thanks, detour)-run in Vermont, I listened to NPR Talk of the Nation's Valentine's Day special on the 6-word memoir.  I clearly had a lot of time on my hand and put together my own.  Apparently though, one of my talents does not include running and counting, because every-other one was initially seven words.

Weekend in Vermont in six words:

* Map's at home.  Where am I?

* Seven people, six ski lift tickets

* GPS wrong.  Seasonal road. Turn around

* It seemed like a good idea

* Always chop onions with ski goggles

* Why study?  Just bake banana bread

* Run faster, get home sooner

President Obama has such a nice ring to it.

First of all, it is time that "Obama" is added to standard computer dictionaries so it doesn't come up on spell check.  

This is amazing in so many ways.  What an honor it is to be an American right now.

This means I'm now an ObaMarathoner, and at work I can now quit "straterigizing" and start strategizing once again.

Yesterday I missed the speech at work, but I am looking forward to downloading it on NPR and listening to it on my run tonight.

Congratulations, President Obama!

Everything I know, I learned from NPR's Talk of the Nation

Ok, well maybe not quite everything, but my life has dramatically improved since I discovered Talk of the Nation on itunes. 

Neal Conan, thank you for leading me through a "productive exchange of ideas and opinions on issues that dominate the news landscape.  And Ira Flatow, I just can't get enough of Science Fridays.  

TOTN, as we insiders like to call it, gets me though some of my long training runs in the dead of winter, engages me on topics I didn't even know were issues, and touches me with its stories. Not to mention, my inner nerd is in intellectual bliss every time I learn about something like methane gas on Mars, or 50 years of research on pheromones.  

Thank you again Neil, Ira, and all of the TOTN staff.  I like what you do.