1. Fifteen years since last professional haircut Dave Eggers

2. Couldn't cope so I wrote songs Aimee Mann

3. Well, I thought it was funny Stephen Colbert

4. 70 years, few tears, hairy ears. Watching quietly from every door frame. Catholic school backfired. Sin is in! Savior complex makes for many disappointments. Nobody cared, then they did. Why? Some cross-eyed kid, forgotten then found. Born in the desert, still thirsty. A sake mom, not soccer mom. Extremely responsible, secretly longed for spontaneity. No future, no past. Not lost. Almost a victim of my family The psychic said I'd be richer. Grumpy old soundman needs love, too. Painful nerd kid, happy nerd adult. NPR, 2.7.08 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18768430 Excerpted from Not Quite What I Was Planning from Smith magazine, Harper Perennial, 2008.

5. SLA MN Chapter Members Self-Described in Six Words February 2010

6. What is around the next corner Jim Tchobanoff

7. Organizing my closet makes me smile Julie Fleischhacker

8. Wishing I were riding my bike Anonymous

9. Seek and find. Hide and seek. Deb Rash

10. Couldn’t decide: be reserved or outgoing Mary Ettl

11. Jack Daniels makes me more fun Mary Ettl

12. Chemistry nerd and third generation librarian Rachel Wangerin

13. Nomadic Californian Desperately Seeking Warm Sunshine Anonymous

14. Still haven’t had to make lemonade Karen Mackey

15. Made lemonade, twice, loving this batch. Polly Perkins

16. Bumps happen. So use a bandage. Sara Peters