Armageddon in Retrospect in Retrospect

I've been on a Vonnegut spree for a few days now and I always enjoy his brutal honesty, irreverence, and twisted humor. Armageddon in Retrospect was interesting, but I had false hopes for this book from the beginning: the second chapter was utterly brilliant and hilarious, which I should have known could not possibly have continued throughout the rest of the book. I wish I had read the second chapter last.

As I said to Lawton today, "It's a good book, but I don't know if you'll like it. You and you're Republican values and all..." To which he had a witty, however delayed, response. I didn't have a comeback. Maybe I'll have one tomorrow. Digression aside, the book is worth reading, but don't expect the entire book to be as delightful as the second chapter (a transcript of the speech he wrote and his son gave at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis in April, 2007 shortly after his death). So it goes.

Favorite Quote(s): "If anyone here should wind up on a gurney in a lethal injection facility, here is what your last words should be: 'This will certainly teach me a lesson.'"

"Religion can be Tylenol for a lot of unhappy people, and I'm so glad it works."

"I have the humorist Paul Krasner to thank for pointing out the big difference between George W. Bush and Hitler: Hitler was elected."

Haha