Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

sorry to break from the fiction, my favorite author died today.

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Kurt Vonnegut could put more story, more character history, more insight into the human condition, more humor and just plain more substance in 250 pages than most writers could in a thousand. this was a man that understood that brevity was the soul of wit, and so today we lost the wittiest soul. so it goes.

it is my understanding that in the event of someones death it is traditional to recite religious scripture. it seems then that an excerpt from the Books of Bokonon would be most appropriate:

"If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance.

In any case, there's bound to be much crying.
But the oubliette alone will let you think while dying."

rest in peace old man, your love/hate relationship with humanity has ended. don't feel too bad though, it was all just a granfaloon anyway.

so it goes.

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