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Sad day... Kurt Vonnegut dead...

Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:59 pm

One of my favorite authors...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books ... ut.html?hp


Crazy old bastard.
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:17 pm

So it goes.
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:34 pm

Pseudolus wrote:So it goes.


Heh..beat me to it. Sad news indeed...one of my favourites also.
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:22 pm

That is a shame. Great author. And a brother of my fraternity.

Here's to you, sir...
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:50 pm

Indeed a sad day. Dr. Scott and I were just talking about how we miss his articles in the Penthouse Forum. He was great in "Back to School".
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:15 am

I just brewed a Pils so I thought I would dedicate in some way, here is what I threw together this morning

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Great author, crazy as hell though.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:08 am

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Kurt Vonnegut has come unstuck in time. Poo-tee-weet?
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:40 am

Vonnegut and beer related trivia:

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s mom, Edith Lieber, was from a big brewing family in Indiana. The family ran the P. Lieber Brewing Company. Here is more info on the brewery:

http://indianabeer.com/history/R-Indian ... polis.html
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