SPQR Blues 3 part XXXXIII (top)

Warning: a lot of words ahead.

It's not precisely how a Roman will would read, but it gets the point across.

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Kurt Vonnegut

I just heard that Kurt Vonnegut died last night. I am sad.

My first "Secret Santa" gift at the dorm was a Kurt Vonnegut book. Rumour had it he, too, was held back by being unable to pass a university's mandatory swimming test, hence the theme showing up in his novels. I most recently read an essay by him against the Current Administration.

I'd make more insightful commentary, but I am struggling with work deadlines.

I found this quote, the author sliding into the narrative of one of his novels as he writes it (Breakfast of Champions)— I understand the feeling:

"This is a very bad book you're writing," I said to myself.
"I know," I said.

Some of them were very very good books.


The usual internet sources are kind enough to provide these further quotes:

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