J.D. Salinger has passed away, which is terribly sad. He was buddies with Hemingway, and served in the war, in Normandy and during the Battle for Bastogne, which I've heard was a terrifying winter struggle. I also heard that Zooey Deschanel was named after the male leading man from his little book "Franny and Zooey" so we gotta thank him for that too. Sad, sad news.