One of the best stories from Kurt Vonnegut, who died today aged 84, is this, from A Man Without a Country:"I am, incidentally, Honorary President of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that totally functionless capacity. We had a memorial service for Isaac a few years back, and I spoke and said at one point, "Isaac is up in heaven now." It was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of humanists. I rolled them in the aisles. It was several minutes before order could be restored. And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in heaven now." That's my favorite joke."
Yes, he's up there, sharing a beer with Isaac.
I like this photo, from the Washington Post, via an Australian newspaper and blog.
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It doesn't feel like I am already up to making ironic wisecracks without him. Good to see more people miss him like I do. (http://blog.volapukblog.com/blog/archives/47)
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