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KARASS

Thinking about Kurt Vonnegut this week.

Many regard Slaughter House Five as the masterpiece but more, I think, remember the details (and quote them) of Cat's Cradle.

Cat's cradle is a game of hand and string for suckers.

At the end 'no cat, no cradle!'.

See?

In this book, Vonnegut created Bokononism, a religion practiced by the inhabitants of San Lorenzo, a fictional Caribbean Island.

At the time, there were many friends who had read it and we would practice our Bokononism on one another.

"Busy, busy, busy."

We regarded ourselves as members of a "karass".

We indulged ourselves in fomenting "foma".

Of course, we didn't take any of it seriously as they were all lies.

"And so on".

This wasn't a goof so much as an acknowledgement of our love of this great man.

Some of my karass are still around today. You can't shake them.

Some new ones keep showing up!

Still thinking about Vonnegut.

Labels: heroes, Vonnegut