Vonnegut at SI

I never knew Kurt Vonnegut worked at Sports Illustrated:

Kurt Vonnegut worked briefly at SI until being told to write a story about a race horse that had jumped the rail and terrorized the infield at a local track. Vonnegut stared at his desk for what seemed like hours before finally departing the building without a word. Inside his deserted typewriter was this: ''The horse jumped over the fucking fence.''

Heh heh - great story.

HT My Life in the Basement