http://www.metafilter.com/tags/shoutsandmurmurs Posts tagged with 'shoutsandmurmurs' at MetaFilter. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:12:25 -0800 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:12:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70398/Those%2Dwho%2Dappear%2Dto%2Dbe%2Da%2Dlittle%2Dtoo%2Dhappy%2Dwill%2Dbe%2Dasked%2Dto%2Dleave <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/03/31/080331sh_shouts_handey">How I Want To Be Remembered </a>by Jack Handey. <i>He was fabulously wealthy, but he would pretend to be broke, and often tried to borrow cigarettes and money from people. Little did they know that those who gave him stuff would later be rewarded in his will, with jewels and antigravity helmets.</i> You may know <a href="http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/bio.html">Jack Handey </a> from his <a href="http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/index.html">Deep Thoughts </a>which first gained fame on <a href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/sat-night-live/deep-thoughts/">as filler between sketches on Saturday Night Live</a>. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker (scroll down <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=jack+handey&queryType=nonparsed&submitbtn.x=28&submitbtn.y=8">this page </a>for his other essays). tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70398 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:12:25 -0800 deepthoughts essay jackhandey shoutsandmurmurs SNL thenewyorker amyms