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How to write a very, very short story

Open Word. Scroll through the fonts list: Verdana. Helvetica. Georgia? Yes, Georgia. Georgia works. Georgia looks like a magazine font, looks like something publishable. Hell, it even looks good italicized.

Oh, and set the iTunes track to that insanely long piece from Babel, the one that lasts somewhere around 11 minutes. There, it’s called “Bibo No Aozora/Endless Flight/Babel.” I don’t even know what half those words mean, but this is good. This is appropriate writing music. I need a Coke and a choco-suisse.