Friday, April 13, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut Dead
Kurt Vonnegut, author of The Sirens of Titan and Slaughterhouse-Five, died late Wednesday evening of head injuries sustained in a fall earlier this year. What do you think?
Lee Marlowe,
Accounts Clerk
"Who's going to be the next century's voice of confusion and dread? Nancy Grace can't last forever."
Lacey Janson,
Teacher's Assistant
"Are we totally, absolutely sure he's not alive? I just think it'd be silly to accept his death without checking Dresden for his younger self first."
Arthur Quigle,
Limousine Driver
"So it goes."
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