So long, Kurt

Today, another of the diminishing number of human giants left us. This excerpt from today's New York Times pretty well sums it up for me:

To Vonnegut, the only possible redemption for the madness and apparent meaninglessness of existence was human kindness. The title character in his 1965 novel, "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater," summed up his philosophy:

"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.' "

If you want to read a beautiful tribute that you won't find in the mainstream media, check out my friend Michael's post on his blog today. He actually knew Kurt.

~ Tom