I Miss Kurt Vonnegut

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“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”

―Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), writer, A Man Without a Country, 2005.

• Editorial Comment: Normal humans don’t give a damn about semicolons; that’s all there is to it.



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