March 7, 2009

• My biweekly column

  Any Newsweek readers out there?  Columnist George Will writes The Last Word for Newsweek, featured appropriately on the last page of the magazine.  I am going to try my hand at being a columnist, too.  My column will be titled The First Word—thanks to Mr. Will for inspiration for the name—because I hope to spark a conversation between my readers and I.  I do not want or expect my views to be the last word.

  I was inspired to write my column by the film Marley&Me (no, I haven’t read the book).  In the film, Owen Wilson plays John Marley, a columnist whose life at home becomes the substance of his writing.  His columns throughout his career cataloged turning points in his life and provided lasting snapshots of his memories.  My purpose is not to get personal, or even sentimental.  Instead, I will write blurbs motivated by the going-ons in my life and put a thought-provoking spin to it.

  I hope to hone my writing skills and spice up my Xanga a bit with the column.  The inaugural post is posted in the entry below.  See you in two weeks.

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