I just finished reading Vonnegut's latest book, A Man Without a Country, a collection of short essays by this national treasure. On the back it says, "Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book."  Indeed!

It struck me that if you squint real hard, then this book is Kurt Vonnegut's blog. Or at least the closest thing he will ever get to having a blog. I mean, he's a hero of mine, but he really is a Luddite, in fact Vonnegut says he welcomes this description. In his words:

Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something. We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Pretty funny since the last page of the book is an advertisment for artwork being sold at Vonnegut's web site. I can't wait until my "Goodbye Blue Monday" T-Shirt comes in the mail!

My other heros? Philip Glass, Alan Dershowitz, and Bill Gates. Of the four, Vonnegut is the only one I have yet to meet in person. Which reminds me, I still owe Raymond the story of my meeting with Glass.