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newyorker:

Laugh, Kookaburra

I’ve been to Australia twice so far, but according to my father I’ve never actually seen it. He made this observation at the home of my cousin Joan, whom he and I visited just before Christmas last year, and it came on the heels of an equally aggressive comment. “Well,” he said, “David’s a better reader than he is a writer.” This from someone who hasn’t opened a book since “Dave Stockton’s Putt to Win,” in 1996. He’s never been to Australia, either. Never even come close.

- From the archives, David Sedaris’s 2009 piece, “Laugh, Kookaburra”: http://nyr.kr/sT3jeg

Not to sound like THAT PERSON but this short story sort of changed my entire view of life in the midst of a quarter life crisis. #forreaaaal