The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.
Scicurious is a graduate student wrestling with a PhD in Physiology at a southern institution. She is a nerd, a geek, and also a dork. And yes, that really is her brain.
NotoriousLTP is an MD-PhD student in New York City. After finishing (hopefully soon) his PhD in behavioral neuroscience, he will re-enter the fun vortex that is medical education.
It has come to my attention that Kurt Vonnegut has passed away.
His death was reported by Morgan Entrekin, a longtime family friend, who said Vonnegut suffered brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago.
I need not delve into Vonnegut's literary exploits. Suffice to say he led an amazing, full life and reflected that in his writings, where his compassion for the human race was colored with poignant dark humor. Few authors today can claim to have had such an enormous impact crossing so many generations and cultural themes.
Sleep well, Mr. Vonnegut.
"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane".
--Kilgore Trout
1907-1981
Comments
Per his wish should he, God forbid, ever die:
"Kurt is up in heaven now"
(As expressed in his last work, A Man Without a Country. This is based on his opening joke for his eulogy of Isaac Asimov.)
Posted by: Jim D | April 12, 2007 9:25 AM
Few have so effectively addressed the insanity of war and other cultural activities. He stood steady, laughing at my elbow, during each of my years of imprisonment for draft- and segregation- refusal: ww2, korea and vietnam.
Without Kurt and his ilk (which includes Bayard Rustin) it would have been unthinkable.
May their tribe increase.
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Thanks,
David
Posted by: David | April 19, 2007 11:15 PM