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The Day David Foster Wallace Died

I woke up
I made myself some coffee
I walked my dog
I went to work
I ate a sandwich
I walked my dog
I watched three hours of tv
I walked my dog
I checked my email
I read about Obama and McCain
I went to sleep

I found out 3 days later.

Why that day?
September 12
So mundane
It seems like I stole something from him
With the not knowing
and the everydayedness
on the one day
when he held everything
I understood nothing

and so it goes –
the infinite jest