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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has come unstuck in time. The author and generally delightful curmudgeon died yesterday of brain injuries sustained from a fall.

Reading his powerful short story Harrison Bergeron (full text) and wacky and wonderful novel Slaughterhouse-Five (including the author’s goofy drawings) as a teenager opened my eyes to the sharp beauty of satire and the use of absurdity in fiction to highlight absurdities in reality. Perhaps his work is why I have such an appreciation for levity (or perhaps I appreciate his work because of my desire for levity).

Read Harrison Bergeron (full story linked above). Pick up an old copy of Slaughterhouse-Five.  Think. It’s good for you, even if nothing makes sense!