So It Goes pt. 1

 "I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."

In his writing, Kurt Vonnegut dissected life. He took the intricacies of man, all of our idiosyncrasies, foibles, longings and desires and built stories around them. If he wasn't such a fine story teller, there would be no better job for a man like Vonnegut than a philosopher, because his simultaneously grounded yet absurd takes on human life and modern society were miles more accurate than any statistical analysis could ever be. Kurt Vonnegut was a best-selling author, yes, one of the best of his time, but more impressive than the stories he told were the ideals that tied them together.

With that being said, Vonnegut would have abhorred an opening like this, because to simply open with a quote and life synopsis is utterly average and dares nothing of the paper it is being written on. If the writing of Vonnegut is to teach you anything, it would be that much more meaningful things can be accomplished by going about them in an unusual way. So.