4.12.2007
Goodbye, Mr. Vonnegut
"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."
Falser words were never spoken, but it's a beautiful epitaph for a headstone, dontcha think?
For those of you who don't know yet, Kurt Vonnegut, satirical author of "Slaughterhouse Five" and many other books, died yesterday at the age of 84. No blaze of glory, going out in an airplane crash on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro; I gather it was a combination of old age and brain injuries that he suffered in a fall a few weeks ago. (Or maybe it was just old age... I have a feeling that he had a tough old noggin.)
But I think maybe it's high time that I re-read "Slaughterhouse Five." And I wouldn't mind checking out that book of essays he published a couple of years ago, "A Man Without a Country."
And now I feel like I should have some witty and or relevant way to wrap up this post. Hmm... let's just say this:
So it goes.
Falser words were never spoken, but it's a beautiful epitaph for a headstone, dontcha think?
For those of you who don't know yet, Kurt Vonnegut, satirical author of "Slaughterhouse Five" and many other books, died yesterday at the age of 84. No blaze of glory, going out in an airplane crash on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro; I gather it was a combination of old age and brain injuries that he suffered in a fall a few weeks ago. (Or maybe it was just old age... I have a feeling that he had a tough old noggin.)
But I think maybe it's high time that I re-read "Slaughterhouse Five." And I wouldn't mind checking out that book of essays he published a couple of years ago, "A Man Without a Country."
And now I feel like I should have some witty and or relevant way to wrap up this post. Hmm... let's just say this:
So it goes.
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