with one hand we can speak. with two we can applaud. a surgeon cited hands as proof

of the existence of God.

a hand with age might hurt and hurt. arthritis, carpal tunnel. but a chrono-synclastic infundibulum

is a fictitious, time-warping funnel.

that last may seem quite off-the-wall with from-the-subject strand, but it all ties in when you are told

that this arthritic, Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome-blighted admirer of Kurt Vonnegut wrote this thing you are reading just to give Kurt a posthumous

hand.

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Note: The Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum and its fascinating properties may be found in The Sirens of Titan, one of the richest, most entertaining flights of imagination I have ever read.