I am not from here originally, but I admit that I say “U betcha,” which is very Minnesotan, maybe Norwegian.  We are also fond of ending sentences with with.  As in “we are going to the bar to watch the Super Bowl, want to go WITH?”  (u betcha!)

What are the things you say in your state or hometown?

As for Brett Favre, I hope he comes back.  If he does he will become the ONLY PROFESSIONAL PLAYER EVER IN ANY SPORT to have his jersey retired by two teams.  (Packer snd Vikings)

The above billboard was put up in Brett’s hometown in Mississippi, Hattiesburg, and was in today’s Star-Tribune.

I used this game, and mostly the heroics of Brett Favre to write a blog post for US NEWS called “Lessons from Brett Favre.”  I was contemplating calling it WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE OLD GUYS, but thought better of it.  You can see the Five Lessons by reading here.

Luckily, Nick Corcodilos must be eating the same cheerios because his post today in his readers’ forum is a request to give better answers to the more experienced among us who find themselves unemployable or, at least, un-hireable.  Timely.

I also want to re-direct  you to Seth Godin’s guest post here on WWDS some time back which he called “Don’t Try to Get a Job.”

There is a connection in there, don’t you think?

One of the more common memes now sweeping the internet is writing a story in only six words. It all started when Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words:

“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

With about a million new blogs being created…daily…with their over-worded, lack of disciplined writing posts, it seems only natural that a company like Twitter would be the hot new company of the year, given their platform only allows 140-character posts. Plus we all know that most of us are not being medicated for our own A-D-D, so the shorter the article, the better. Know what I mean?

Couple all this with the knowledge that most resumes are over-valued and under-read, and you have the perfect storm: Announcing GL’s How Would You Create a Six Word Resume Meme?

Here are the rules:

1. Post your favorite six word resume ideas to your blog.

2. Link to this original post.

3. Email me that you did it.

4. Do it by january 1, 2009.

Popular demand has extended the idea, there is no deadline, Be sure to post on your blog, and make a comment here too, so all can see.

Here are a couple of thought starters for you:

“You know me, I can play.” Brett Favre

“Famous investor, trusted by many, but” Bernie Madoff

“You ass$#$, who the F**& RU?” Rod Blagojevich

You get the idea. Here are some more short six word stories from Wired to get you started.

New genes demand expression — third eye.
- Greg Bear

K.I.A. Baghdad, Aged 18 – Closed Casket
- Richard K. Morgan

WORLD’S END. Sic transit gloria Monday.
- Gregory Benford

Epitaph: He shouldn’t have fed it.
- Brian Herbert

Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties.
- Cory Doctorow

Heaven falls. Details at eleven.
- Robert Jordan

Bush told the truth. Hell froze.
- William Gibson

whorl. Help! I’m caught in a time
- Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel

Nevertheless, he tried a third time.
- James P. Blaylock

God to Earth: “Cry more, noobs!”
- Marc Laidlaw

Help! Trapped in a text adventure!
- Marc Laidlaw

Thought I was right. I wasn’t.
- Graeme Gibson

Lost, then found. Too bad.
- Graeme Gibson

Three to Iraq. One came back.
- Graeme Gibson

Rapture postponed. Ark demanded! Which one?
- David Brin

Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin

Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot.
- David Brin

Temporal recursion. I’m dad and mom?
- David Brin

Time Avenger’s mistaken! It wasn’t me…
- David Brin

Democracy postponed. Whence franchise? Ask Diebold…
- David Brin

Cyborg seeks egg donor, object ___.
- David Brin

Deadline postponed. Five words enough…?
- David Brin

Metrosexuals notwithstanding, quiche still lacks something.
- David Brin

Brevity’s virtue? Wired saves adspace. Subscribe!
- David Brin

Death postponed. Metastasized cells got organized.
- David Brin

Microsoft gave us Word. Fiat lux?
- David Brin

Mind of its own. Damn lawnmower.
- David Brin

Singularity postponed. Datum missing. Query Godoogle?
- David Brin

Please, this is everything, I swear.
- Orson Scott Card

I saw, darling, but do lie.
- Orson Scott Card

Osama’s time machine: President Gore concerned.
- Charles Stross

Sum of all fears: AND patented.
- Charles Stross

Ships fire; princess weeps, between stars.
- Charles Stross

Mozilla devastates Redmond, Google’s nuke implicated.
- Charles Stross

Will this do (lazy writer asked)?
- Ken MacLeod

Cryonics: Disney thawed. Mickey gnawed. Omigawd.
- Eileen Gunn

WIRED stimulates the planet: Utopia blossoms!
- Paul Di Filippo

Clones demand rights: second Emancipation Proclamation.
- Paul Di Filippo

MUD avatars rebel: virtual Independence Day.
- Paul Di Filippo

We crossed the border; they killed us.
- Howard Waldrop

H-bombs dropped; we all died.
- Howard Waldrop

Your house is mine: soft revolution.
- Howard Waldrop

Warskiing; log; prop in face.
- Howard Waldrop

The Axis in WWII: haiku! Gesundheit.
- Howard Waldrop

Salinger story: three koans in fountain.
- Howard Waldrop

Finally, he had no more words.
- Gregory Maguire

There were only six words left.
- Gregory Maguire

In the beginning was the word.
- Gregory Maguire

Commas, see, add, like, nada, okay?
- Gregory Maguire

Weeping, Bush misheard Cheney’s deathbed advice.
- Gregory Maguire

Corpse parts missing. Doctor buys yacht.
- Margaret Atwood

Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.
- Margaret Atwood

He read his obituary with confusion.
- Steven Meretzky

Time traveler’s thought: “What’s the password?”
- Steven Meretzky

I win lottery. Sun goes nova.
- Steven Meretzky

Steve ignores editor’s word limit and
- Steven Meretzky

Leia: “Baby’s yours.” Luke: “Bad news…”
- Steven Meretzky

Parallel universe. Bush, destitute, joins army.
- Steven Meretzky

Dorothy: “Fuck it, I’ll stay here.”
- Steven Meretzky