Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Extended Eulogy

When I first read Kurt Vonnegut, I was in college. Someone showed me the cover of Breakfast of Champions - I think it was Melissa, Carlos, or maybe Natalie - and then opened up the page to one of the famous drawings -- the one that looks like this:
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If you've ever read Vonnegut, you know what that means.

And that was all it took. Life-long fan.