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2007-04-12 - 7:06 p.m.
Shaved head, and clad in a vivid electric blue Hawaiian shirt, OD cargo pants, and 'Nam boots, I was running late, I had missed his talk at the Printer's Row Book Fair. But I spotted him standing alone on the sidewalk outside the venue. I strode purposefully directly toward him, which appeared to worry him a bit as he noticed me.
I stuck my hand out and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. took it cautiously.
"Thank you", I said.
"...If that's how you feel", He said.
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The world is more the poorer for his being gone.
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So, how do you like them apples?