Heck you turn your back for one second and one of your personal culture heroes pops his clogs.

It is deep regret that I have to inform you that Robert Anton Wilson passed away on Jan 11th of this year.

If you have any interest in Literature please go read The Illuminatus Trilogy

If you have any interest in movies please track down and absorb his screenplay Reality is what you can get away with

Robert Anton Wilson brought to you by the number 23, the Goddess Eris and the Illuminati (strangely at the same time) and Cats in Boxes that may or may not be dead.

His final words from his blog

“Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.

Please pardon my levity, I don’t see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd.

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