Friday, April 13, 2007

And So it Goes...

On Wednesday, April 11th, a wonderous voice and author fell silent.
And so it goes.

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Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007

I read a lot of books in my youth. I would stay up past 3 a.m. many times to finish a good book. I stumbled onto my first Kurt Vonnegut novel at the tender age of nine. I couldn't get enough of his material, especially where I lived at the time, (on Air Force bases). So when we went to "town," I would scour all of the libraries and used and new book stores for his books. My mom didn't mind; she always encouraged my reading habits. Little did she know that "Science Fiction" and other genres of books might contain the "F-word" in them, or promote differing / off-kilter views on life, the universe, and everything.

This man had a lot to do with how I turned-out as a "thinking" adult. So you can partially blame Kurt Vonnegut for this pile of conscious meat called "Bad Ben."

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1 comment:

Stonch said...

Hi there! I'm a fellow beer blogger, and along with a friend, I've just made my first tentative steps into homebrewing.

Thanks to a series of basic errors, we're not too hopeful about the first batch!

Click here to read about our efforts, and please take a moment to leave us some words of advice, encouragement, or maybe just commiseration?

Stonch's Beer Blog (homebrew section)

Cheers!