The headline in Salon reads: Vonnegut speech could be his last. What it is really about is this: “Kurt Vonnegut is spending a few hours in a building his grandfather designed, an event some say could be the last public appearance by one of American literature’s most revered writers.

Over the past several years, other speeches by the iconic author have been billed as grand finales, but Vonnegut continues to make occasional appearances. And at his age, the 80-year-old says any of them could be the last.” Pretty silly piece from the Associated Press, if you ask me. Should we begin covering every public appearance by an octogenarian with a headline saying it might be their last appearance?