December 2011

by Lisa Miller

Name That Memoir:

This month we're thinking up the titles we would use if we were to write our own memoirs. We've got some pretty provocative offerings.

• Me and My Hot Air Balloon. And How Life Begins When You Slice the Rope
• The Taste of Freedom
• Is There a Meaning to It All? My Thoughts on Reality and How I Came to Them
• How to Tell the Truth When Lies Work So Much Better
• I Didn't Ask to Be Born, But I'm Glad That I Was.
• Big Mouth Trap, Caught Talking
• Tales of a Traveling Teacher
• Life as a Between-You-and-Me Person
• Don't Weigh Me Down with Your Anchors
• A Cat Lands on Its Feet Nine Out of Ten Times
• And from Bill Cosby whose latest book is titled: "I Didn't Ask To Be Born, But I'm Glad That I Was"

The Conversation for December:

What is something you would like to do that is kind of unique, that not many other people may want to do. For example, a friend of mine was saying that he would totally go on a manned space mission to Mars-even if that meant it was a one-way trip and he wouldn't be able to come back.

Send your thoughts to Lisa at HumanistsofUtah.org for next month's newsletter.

--Lisa Miller