One Life. Six Words. What's Yours?

When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved an entire story could be told using a half dozen words. When the online storytelling magazine SMITH asked readers to submit six-word memoirs, they proved a whole, real life can be told this way too.

So I picked up the deceptively simple and surprising addictive Not Quite What I Was Expecting and am quite enamored with it. It truly is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time. So I began wracking my brain, thinking what mine might be...and realized Foo and I had it all along: Life is an Adventure; Live it.

Deep Thoughts

Bento Bunny

Try as I might, I've never been able to embrace raw fish as a way to titillate my tastebuds. Watching Bear Grylls chomp into a live trout on "Man vs Wild" hasn't helped further my cause, yet I'm still curious as to what the hub bub is all about.

Perhaps my Midwest roots prevent me from making sushi a lunchtime adventure. Heck, it's only been recently that I've expanded into the wild and wacky world of fruits and vegetables. Who knew all that colorful sustenance was lurking in the outer rims of the grocery store. "Hello edamame! Nice to meet you Mr. Radish—you're looking rather tangy today."

However, it's Friday which means one thing: pan-fried buns with the boys. Futomaki is the furthest thing from our minds.

"Thank goodness!" says poor Mr. Fishy.
"Is it time for lunch yet?" quizzes Mama Foo.

If Foo were a Spiritual Axiom

"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."