I am so listening. I am. I'm memorizing every word you speak and at the same time, I'm noticing that your socks are different colors and there is egg yolk on your chin. And this whole conversation you don't think I'm listening to will appear in my next blog. So you might as well forgive me now.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Goodbye and good luck
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1922-2007
I wanted to say something meaningful. But this image - the only thing appearing on his official website - says it all.
Yeah. He's gone. On the radio they played some interview stuff and he said, "people don't need to be told what to do - they need to be told how to endure." I'm feeling pretty weepy. I loved Vonnegut. I learned a new way to think - and endure - from him. And for all that he was crusty and sardonic, for all that he wouldn't stiffle anything he really believed, he loved people. I'll miss him being on the earth.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1922-2007
6 comments:
Has he flown the coop for the last time? I must go and look.
Yeah. He's gone. On the radio they played some interview stuff and he said, "people don't need to be told what to do - they need to be told how to endure."
I'm feeling pretty weepy. I loved Vonnegut. I learned a new way to think - and endure - from him. And for all that he was crusty and sardonic, for all that he wouldn't stiffle anything he really believed, he loved people. I'll miss him being on the earth.
Wow. That image made me well up. Thanks for sharing.
Teri - Did the same to me. I just sat there staring at it for the longest time.
lj. My Pa sent me this from the UK's Daily Telegraph......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=E5ATHSFJ1XU53QFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/opinion/2007/04/14/do1406.xml
H - that's just it, exactly. Just how I feel about Vonnegut. Thank you so much for the article.
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