The world is a much poorer place this week.

In the end, it wasn't the cigarettes.

Thank you, Mr. Vonnegut for your writing, intelligence, and wit.  It's a travesty that you left us when we need your humor and insight most.

I believe, nay, I'm pretty certain that I am the only individual that I know that intensely disliked Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work.  It's one of a total of 3 books that I've never been able to finish since I first learned how to read.  I couldn't force myself to get half-way through.  I don't think I've been more annoyed by a writer and his ( Read more... )