http://wadekwon.com/2006/04/07/conversational-shortcuts-and-comics/ Letters from my life | wadekwon.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://wadekwon.com/2006/04/07/conversational-shortcuts-and-comics/#comment-387 Dairy of a Madman » Nerdsexy? No, nerdfunny!* Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:34:17 +0000 http://wadekwon.com/2006/04/07/conversational-shortcuts-and-comics/#comment-387 [...] Wade is a great writer, and while both his journalistic writing as well as his fictional pieces are excellent, his 101 columns are the true mark of his writing gift. Top ten lists are fun (if a bit hackneyed), but imagine taking a barely-slightly broader approach and coming up with 91 more ideas, and making them all funny… It may sound easy, but how many of you run out of interesting facts about yourself at 50, much less about a timely topic? [...] [...] Wade is a great writer, and while both his journalistic writing as well as his fictional pieces are excellent, his 101 columns are the true mark of his writing gift. Top ten lists are fun (if a bit hackneyed), but imagine taking a barely-slightly broader approach and coming up with 91 more ideas, and making them all funny… It may sound easy, but how many of you run out of interesting facts about yourself at 50, much less about a timely topic? [...]

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