Second Date
Second Date We met at the Town Lake Trail and walked a quick three-miles. It was a "hello date" from OK Cupid. She was tall, thin, maybe too thin, but…
In 1973
In 1973 The year Kurt Vonnegut published his maligned yet revered masterpiece Breakfast of Champions I was 11. This bible of the absurd would have little impact on my life…
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Unwavering Band of Light
Unwavering Band of Light It was during a third reading of Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions that he understood himself to be the happiest man on the planet. The idea occurred…