I’ll be frank - I don’t generally like guys with light hair. In my personal life, I try to stick to guys with dark brown or even black hair. However, I could probably be persuaded to make an exception for Eric Blehm, author of The Last Season.

In fact, I just used the last of an Amazon gift certificate to buy that very book, based solely on his picture. Whoever said, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” would be ashamed of me right now. I’ve taken shallow snap judgments to a whole new level.

I present to you, the evidence:

Eric Blehm:

Not Eric Blehm (though these furballs did come up on my “Eric Blehm” Google Image Search):

What do you think, ladies? And gents, of course, if that’s the way you swing.

As everyone probably knows, Kurt Vonnegut passed on last week. In his honor, I’ll skip the nasty photo sequences and otherwise rude comments. I met him once, very briefly, and he was exactly what I would have imagined - rough and a little grumpy, but a generally nice kind of guy. Kind of like those old guys in Grumpy Old Men, but maybe not so playful.

Anyway - Rest in peace.