Learning how
to Write Anecdotes
by Gregory C. Hundemer
The other day a friend came up to me and said, "Greg, how do you write so many anecdotes, both for the columns section at hungryandhollow.com, your personal website at geocities.com/anecdotalism, as well as for The Anecdotalist Underground, the new underground literary newspaper of the University of Houston, and keep the high quality that all your anecdotes possess?" "Well, friend," I told him. "The answer is simple: Lots and lots of Everclear." "So you're an alcoholic?" he asked me. "No, you fool!" I told him. "Not the drink, the band!" "Oh," he said. He finally understood. But it's true kids. If you want to grow up to be like me, writing quality, educational works that the whole family can enjoy, listen to Everclear, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But don't stop there. Tell all your friends to listen to Everclear, and buy all their albums... 27 copies each. That's what I did, and look at me. Why, I remember when I bought my 27th copy of Learning How to Smile... The man at the record store was like, "Dude, how many copies of this have you bought?" "27," I told him. "Everclear's my favorite band." "Indeed," he told me. He had inferred that from the fact that I had bought each of the albums 27 times. SRI&ÿØÿàJFIFddÿìDucky<ÿîAdobedÀÿÛ„ ÿÀ–ÈÿÄ™ !1AQa"q�‘2¡±B#RbÁr3Ñá‚’²C$4ðñ¢ƒ!1AQ"2aq�#ÿÚ?Ä,¬®/¦ŠÚÙ“Jt¢ŒV‹Xõ·}»ÚàU}Úéå“õCµÍIü1uu¢¶Ã±v§f´LFEã+¼��¼5pÜ9vŽÖí¶õ/axf_•Œ¤åPx1>Y97õ¼ºžkI‚tgMDP�&ž8*°Uu%/¦¾Ÿ[˜ñ„§%rtmï©ÿx§ÿ¨§!žÍIÖöåfq#ÃÓ–‘ËbÊ E1YièBN“AÂ×|웥ÿôæ¶³’â8Éši(X®•4W„Ð~Ýv^×Ûãê÷Iwæ�ÖHôÚÆÂ½4<5SçoìÄHƒÝ�å½Ôeàp蚌9„>Ä!ö!Ç,BËuzI`æIáL@IZ{À¬¡òUs«Éhh}ø�*ÚßG,�z�ŒŒ¤*¤¨ösÄ“Ç-.ŸQÚ‚£ÀT~„�’’Fx�=Ä!ö!/DmnË'Èrl�ó®!˜Éj—´ý종¼+êcð¦&´=Ø|nNïê<Ç4ÅòV·�e (£29û±KuÜV›jè�—©Ï†¯yĘ ûîcÚ!‘]žAÁWÔÇÝË ö!•¶>ò÷#_u+ 9#Õ÷œ°Ÿ`®†ŸÚýÖÛí—VFú”ÿ è´ ÃW#‡’›ÒÎyßtºëB`4T�ÙiãUÂÙƒq\‰¥iÈqÅEÒq*Õ<=-‘ö`gíÉeޏâ Hñj@|@#ð® ¿¼Ák²_HBˆÂéÔ^´«�Ç>X�H7±o1ºEeœJ�©3Ÿ?wqî,mª)4àT `iÈÔà�©·wGZX£˜iÖ»à^x„ÃäpÞ7;+;wk™Ržµb*r¨ÀvHjÑÛÁœ7~¤·_HŒ–öh²¨š¾¡ÉBóþo†+{ª¼šÿªð’–)måôÛÔ½k©$„Ì÷%,�Ôr¥9´Ýjîφvöõ©n¶]/¿Ì,»nåt,bIRtVzLlBŠ�?v5Ä¡eþh7ηVH`gaC‘q<«ïÂÉ8£Rì¯óÚÛ½Ä6·Zíg“#4ûc—é\NDàkÐ̒ƲFÁÑÅUÔ‚<Áa »Žñebš§qP@Ò®|0$)I™÷G|‹·�.š(G¤AÃ?Šç#ÆËû3…Úã5føÓëÅ®¹VÔܲxy!ØÜš2‰Z‘>gHÖ›FÐwMâé§‘ÖvD�Afôd–0îÜý¿^Keìnß¹tŽÖi ¸ÿ˜"£Ì0ÆwwäÖõUø3ÞêÙÓkÞnìc”M �$mAÇõ¹ãN·(çî×/د¸ZÞÛ]í×lªEÅ»æ¥I�ÒŒvHýÙ÷6Ón÷Ö¡@9CCâþõò91QqäÊ4î·å€›ýÎöÀØÉnôGfY¢þ4)Èò# †¼µ’ò[©¡ydr:6媵QMl|,gÐ
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