Comments on: Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84

Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84

landedjentry — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:10:56 -0800

"His death was reported by Morgan Entrekin, a longtime family friend, who said Mr. Vonnegut suffered brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago. Mr. Vonnegut wrote plays, essays and short fiction. But it was his novels that became classics of the American counterculture, making him a literary idol, particularly to students in the 1960s and ’70s. Dog-eared paperback copies of his books could be found in the back pockets of blue jeans and in dorm rooms on campuses throughout the United States." .

By: fizzix

fizzix — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:12:28 -0800

..........

By: ashbury

ashbury — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:12:56 -0800

Telling it straight to the very end... .

By: mek

mek — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:13:09 -0800

. . .

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:13:22 -0800

By: tellurian

tellurian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:13:27 -0800

Great writer. Damn.

By: christonabike

christonabike — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:13:41 -0800

So it goes. My favorite author, ever. Rest in peace.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:13:46 -0800

By: These Premises Are Alarmed

These Premises Are Alarmed — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:14:09 -0800

I was just reading Sirens of Titan. .

By: docgonzo

docgonzo — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:14:18 -0800

Great writer. Damn. posted by tellurian at 8:13 PM on April 11 [+] [!] Heh.

By: mek

mek — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:14:33 -0800

recent piece in Rolling Stone.

By: sudasana

sudasana — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:14:49 -0800

By: timory

timory — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:15:41 -0800

oh my god

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:15:56 -0800

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:15:56 -0800

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By: lumensimus

lumensimus — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:16:32 -0800

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:16:40 -0800

Great. One of my favorite writers just died and now metafilter knows I can't html my way out of a wet paper bag.

By: F Mackenzie

F Mackenzie — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:16:45 -0800

By: beaucoupkevin

beaucoupkevin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:17:22 -0800

By: Zonker

Zonker — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:17:24 -0800

How very sad. He'll be sorely missed.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:17:39 -0800

This planet is a more interesting place for having had Kurt Vonnegut in it.

By: re.becca

re.becca — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:17:50 -0800

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:18:02 -0800

Man, what a bummer. He was one of the greats.

By: huskerdont

huskerdont — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:18:17 -0800

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:18:20 -0800

RIP, great one.

By: pokermonk

pokermonk — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:18:42 -0800

* i love my dog-eared paperback copies of his books in large part because i could fit them in my back pocket. also. they're pretty good.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:09 -0800

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:19 -0800

By: eunoia

eunoia — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:37 -0800

We had a memorial service for Isaac [Asimov] a few years back, and I spoke and said at one point, 'Isaac is up in heaven now.' It was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of humanists. I rolled them in the aisles. It was several minutes before order could be restored. And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, 'Kurt is up in heaven now.' That's my favorite joke. Kurt is up in heaven now. Oh man.

By: wfrgms

wfrgms — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:42 -0800

Thanks for everything Kurt! See you on Tralfamadore.

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:49 -0800

Hi Ho . Kurt is one of my favorite authors. Thanks for all the words.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:53 -0800

Thanks for opening hidden doors in high school. .

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:20:24 -0800

By: Verdandi

Verdandi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:20:25 -0800

Wow. .

By: saraswati

saraswati — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:20:41 -0800

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:21:09 -0800

By: gnomeloaf

gnomeloaf — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:21:19 -0800

. I really hope there's no turkey farm.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:21:27 -0800

By: teferi

teferi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:21:59 -0800

So it goes. .

By: lekvar

lekvar — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:22:13 -0800

So it goes.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:23:44 -0800

. He's bumming out angels, now.

By: landedjentry

landedjentry — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:24:07 -0800

I like to think he's touching feet with Bokonon and all those who knew Heaven was a lie.

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:24:20 -0800

Kurt Vonnegut has come unstuck in time. A great writer, and a great man.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:24:52 -0800

By: eatdonuts

eatdonuts — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:24:58 -0800

arg no! the world is a darker place without him. gads, i think i'm going to have to keep pretending he's still alive, like i do with george harrison. otherwise my heart will just break.

By: cows of industry

cows of industry — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:25:00 -0800

A truly unique person. He will be sorely missed. So it goes. .

By: spacewrench

spacewrench — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:25:25 -0800

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:26:08 -0800

By: WaterSprite

WaterSprite — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:26:29 -0800

Welcome to the Monkey House. . . . . . God Bless you, Kurt. I adored your books.

By: imposster

imposster — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:27:10 -0800

By: contraption

contraption — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:28:27 -0800

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:29:01 -0800

There aren't enough . in the world. God bless, Kurt. Thanks for everything. Goddammit.

By: po

po — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:29:55 -0800

Ting-a-ling!

By: jouke

jouke — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:30:01 -0800

84 is not a bad age to die. I only read Slaughterhouse 5 in highschool. Very popular to have on your reading list because it's so thin. I'm not sure wether he was the first who reversed time in a story. That was a great invention. The effect on the morality of the story was intrigueing. If I read 1 other work by him, what should it be?

By: ssmith

ssmith — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:30:08 -0800

By: Penny Wise

Penny Wise — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:30:26 -0800

I always thought that Geraldo Rivera married Kurt Vonnegut's daughter to make himself look good. That man has no shame.

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:30:36 -0800

Yes, and so it goes.

By: Soliloquy

Soliloquy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:31:33 -0800

By: Grimgrin

Grimgrin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:31:53 -0800

'Please--a little less love, and a little more common decency.' Ho Hum.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:32:23 -0800

By: MrBadExample

MrBadExample — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:33:13 -0800

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:33:19 -0800

By: ELF Radio

ELF Radio — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:33:19 -0800

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ”

By: debgpi

debgpi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:33:49 -0800

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:34:33 -0800

And so he's gone. .

By: isopraxis

isopraxis — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:35:06 -0800

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:35:10 -0800

If I read 1 other work by him, what should it be? "Cat's Cradle"

By: sciatica

sciatica — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:35:21 -0800

By: narebuc

narebuc — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:35:51 -0800

I'll have to mention is cameo in "Back to School". Its what makes guys like him even cooler. Can you imagine someone like Franzen ever doing that? At any rate, .

By: Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:35:55 -0800

By: freebird

freebird — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:36:22 -0800

If I read 1 other work by him, what should it be? I really liked Player Piano - but (I think) it's very early and fairly different from his usual stuff. It's all pretty fun though. I'm trying to see his life as rich and fulfilled but it's hard to not be a little bummed.

By: gergtreble

gergtreble — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:36:31 -0800

By: inoculatedcities

inoculatedcities — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:36:47 -0800

By: docpops

docpops — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:36:55 -0800

If I read 1 other work by him, what should it be? Cat's Cradle or Slapstick.

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:37:36 -0800

By: pombe

pombe — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:37:46 -0800

By: telstar

telstar — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:37:48 -0800

By: gaspode

gaspode — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:38:13 -0800

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:39:29 -0800

EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT So it goes. .

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:39:32 -0800

So it goes. .

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:39:56 -0800

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:40:10 -0800

Busy, busy, busy .

By: Tullius

Tullius — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:40:34 -0800

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:41:01 -0800

Thank god he's in heavy now, the magnificent bastard!

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:41:57 -0800

If I read 1 other work by him, what should it be? Hocus Pocus. Or Mother Night. Or.... ...really, it's all good.

By: !Jim

!Jim — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:43:02 -0800

By: notsnot

notsnot — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:43:26 -0800

By: papakwanz

papakwanz — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:44:39 -0800

I've only read Slaughterhouse-5 and a handful of his essays, but for some reason this news makes me want to weep. A genuinely awesome human being gone.

By: unSane

unSane — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:45:04 -0800

As I read the Book of Genesis, God didn't give Adam and Eve a whole planet. He gave them a manageable piece of property, for the sake of discussion let's say 200 acres. I suggest to you Adams and Eves that you set as your goals the putting of some small part of the planet into something like safe and sane and decent order. .

By: borborygmi

borborygmi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:45:12 -0800

"Make me young! Make me young!" .

By: GavinR

GavinR — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:45:20 -0800

Reading only one Vonnegut novel would be like only listening to one Beatles album. They were pretty much all masterpieces.

By: CommonSense

CommonSense — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:47:21 -0800

I'm a little too young to really know much about him, but I did enjoy the shows he did on New York's WBAI about a year or so ago. So . . . .

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:47:23 -0800

I gave my . earlier, but it is nowhere near enough, and as jokeefe says, there's not enough . in the world for him. I'm not one to lament the passing of someone who has entertained, educated, inspired, or amused us, but Kurt is different. His writing seemed so personal to me. The horrible things that would happen to his characters, and still I had to laugh. I guess I hope there's a barn someplace like in Bluebeard with a last work as a gift to the world. Shine on you crazy diamond.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:47:59 -0800

bloody hell, I've been kind of waiting for this to happen for a few years now. Some stuff he's written suggested he was damn tired. Still and all it's a major blow. I'd say out of all the "celebrity deaths" in the past decade this is the one that hurts the most. Wish I didn't have to work tomorrow, but definitely will have to have a wake this weekend, I think I'ma going to have to do the schlocky thing and turn my blog black for a day or two. See that cat, see the cradle? .....

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:48:59 -0800

By: bigschmoove

bigschmoove — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:49:10 -0800

By: escabeche

escabeche — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:49:16 -0800

I think it was from reading Cat's Cradle, when I was 13 or 14, that I first really understood that there was such a thing as a prose style.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:49:32 -0800

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:49:50 -0800

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:51:08 -0800

God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:51:19 -0800

* is clearly the correct punctuation in this thread, not the lowly period. It looks like a bit like an anus, you see... I don't know what else to say. ":(" isn't enough.

By: M.C. Lo-Carb!

M.C. Lo-Carb! — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:51:20 -0800

By: Tacodog

Tacodog — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:51:21 -0800

By: Paragon

Paragon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:51:46 -0800

. So it goes. But somehow, I always wish it wouldn't.

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:51:51 -0800

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:54:44 -0800

Man. The Sirens of Titan always makes me cry. I didn't even have to read it this time.

By: Burton

Burton — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:55:34 -0800

By: hellbient

hellbient — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:56:21 -0800

By: killy willy

killy willy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:56:31 -0800

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:56:41 -0800

I don't have the book here, but isn't there a part in Timequake where he says that he hopes that, at his funeral, some smartass will stand up and say, "Kurt's up in heaven now"?

By: Falconetti

Falconetti — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:58:13 -0800

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:58:38 -0800

I don't have the book here, but isn't there a part in Timequake where he says that he hopes that, at his funeral, some smartass will stand up and say, "Kurt's up in heaven now"? Uh...

By: R343L

R343L — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:59:22 -0800

I remember reading a bunch of his books as paperbacks stored in some cupboard at home on my dad's recommendation when I was like 10 or 11. Never read anything sense, but they had a big impact on me then. Sad.

By: gwint

gwint — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:00:24 -0800

Joe Heller  

True story, Word of Honor: 
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer 
now dead, 
and I were at a party given by a billionaire 
on Shelter Island.

I said, "Joe, how does it make you feel 
to know that our host only yesterday 
may have made more money 
than your novel 'Catch-22' 
has earned in its entire history?" 
And Joe said, "I've got something he can never have." 
And I said, "What on earth could that be, Joe?" 
And Joe said, "The knowledge that I've got enough." 
Not bad! Rest in peace!"

--Kurt Vonnegut

The New Yorker, May 16th, 2005

By: idb

idb — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:00:32 -0800

By: Menomena

Menomena — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:01:32 -0800

we'll miss you kurt. thanks for all the fun times. .

By: found dog one eye

found dog one eye — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:01:43 -0800

Breakfast of Champions was one of the first "adult" books I read, slipping it off my parents' bookshelf when they weren't paying attention. .

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:02:16 -0800

* (inscribed on a tablet, delivered by flying saucer)

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:02:51 -0800

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:04:25 -0800

* So it goes.

By: thethirdman

thethirdman — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:04:37 -0800

shit.

By: Failure31

Failure31 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:05:12 -0800

* I loved him.

By: any major dude

any major dude — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:05:17 -0800

One of the greatest men who ever lived. My first thought was what a blessing that he put pen to paper so we will always have his words to remind us that we are frustrated imperfect machines. I always felt that as long as Kurt was around that there was goodness somewhere in the world. The people I think that about are dropping too quickly and there doesn't seem to be anyone out there replacing them. My favorite line of his: "Free enterprise is much too hard on the old and the sick and the shy and the poor and the stupid, and on the people nobody likes." -Address to a graduating class at Bennington College in 1970.

By: tiger yang

tiger yang — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:05:30 -0800

Read his books, even saw him speak once. He was great. .

By: FunkyHelix

FunkyHelix — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:05:43 -0800

By: lelilo

lelilo — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:06:54 -0800

God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut. Truly all that needs to be said. He’s up in heaven now, indeed, but his words and his spirit will remain down here with the rest of us for a long, long time.

By: breezeway

breezeway — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:07:07 -0800

I only knew him through the books he wrote, and I can still read them, and remember him. Who needs heaven when you have readers who remember you? I think I'll commemorate his death by giving one of his books to someone who's never read any. Kurt Vonnegut did some good.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:07:20 -0800

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:07:40 -0800

Life is no way to treat an animal.

By: k8t

k8t — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:08:00 -0800

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:08:00 -0800

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:08:24 -0800

Sorry.

By: Hadroed

Hadroed — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:09:02 -0800

By: cerebus19

cerebus19 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:09:14 -0800

By: carmina

carmina — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:09:47 -0800

. this is so very sad. bye monkey, bye.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:10:10 -0800

I already heard about this several years from now.

By: humannaire

humannaire — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:11:02 -0800

By: knave

knave — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:11:07 -0800

Rest well, Mr Trout. .

By: bread-eater

bread-eater — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:12:44 -0800

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:12:59 -0800

This is the first time I have ever entered my password and seen a row of tiny little assholes. My plans to sleep well tonight, undone. Even sadder now. . and *

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:13:20 -0800

I am of course notoriously hooked on cigarettes. I keep hoping the things will kill me. A fire at one end and a fool at the other. *

By: gurple

gurple — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:13:46 -0800

* So it goes.

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:14:25 -0800

Son of a bitch. .

By: muckster

muckster — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:17:10 -0800

ouch

By: honest knave

honest knave — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:17:58 -0800

By: humannaire

humannaire — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:18:18 -0800

Whenever I am asked who my favorite author is, I have had a stock reply for years. It is, "You mean, besides Vonnegut?" Kurt Vonnegut, I loved you. You broke my heart. First with Blackbeard, then today, by dying. Honestly, this could not have happened to a better person.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:18:28 -0800

I am actually tearing up here. His voice was just so vital, so hugely important in helping me see the world back when I was 12 and 13 and devouring his books. The comfort of them in their declaration of the senselessness of ideology, the absurdity of life and the abuses of power; their profound humanism and compassion for us, we weak and silly beings. In Sirens of Titan, Unk finds the letter that he wrote to himself before his memory was wiped. The letter, Vonnegut wrote, functioned as literature in the best sense because it made him "secretly free". That's what his books did for me, too. Rest in peace, Mr. Vonnegut. I loved you, I honestly did. No goddamn cat, and no goddamn cradle.

By: humannaire

humannaire — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:18:55 -0800

By: serazin

serazin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:19:08 -0800

No! No no no no no no!

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:19:22 -0800

Metafilter: A fire at one end and a fool at the other.

By: fair_game

fair_game — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:19:34 -0800

Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there's no way I can get there again. .

By: avoision

avoision — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:20:15 -0800

By: knave

knave — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:20:49 -0800

MetaFilter: A row of tiny little assholes.

By: gcbv

gcbv — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:21:06 -0800

. incredibly sad.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:21:10 -0800

Everytime I've seen his name mentioned in an FPP over the years, my heart has skipped a beat. I hope his clear eyed and deadly funny humanism lives on. We need it more than ever. This one hurts... .

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:21:29 -0800

By: Wonderwoman

Wonderwoman — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:23:41 -0800

"A fire at one end and a fool at the other." Reading his books made me feel this way.

By: Ostara

Ostara — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:24:17 -0800

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:26:11 -0800

By: rbs

rbs — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:26:27 -0800

I'm crying.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:27:00 -0800

He's up in heaven now.

By: Pastabagel

Pastabagel — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:27:24 -0800

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:29:01 -0800

To quote Jon Stewart, "As an adolescent, he made my life bearable."

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:29:16 -0800

Here are the last rites from the Book of Bokonon: The Last Rites of the Bokononism [ 99 ] (Each line is said once by the person giving the rites and then repeated by the dying person.) God made mud. God got lonesome. So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!" "See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars." And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done. Nice going, God. Nobody but you could have done it, God! I certainly couldn't have. I feel very unimportant compared to You. The only way I can feel the least bit important is to think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and look around. I got so much, and most mud got so little. Thank you for the honor! Now mud lies down again and goes to sleep. What memories for mud to have! What interesting other kinds of sitting-up mud I met! I loved everything I saw! Good night. I will go to heaven now. I can hardly wait... To find out for certain what my wampeter was... And who was in my karass... And all the good things our karass did for you. Amen.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:29:59 -0800

Apologies for previous (not the sentiment, but being unable to control posting the reply). Feeling a little emotional here.

By: Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson

Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:31:03 -0800

Damn. *********!!

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:31:17 -0800

Damn it, vacapinta, now I'm not just tearing up, I'm actually crying. I'm going to go and walk away from the computer. Lucky me, lucky mud!

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:33:09 -0800

Player Piano was brought up recently in the question Essays for Engineers. It changed my life, and ruined my career. Thank you, Mr. Vonnegut.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:33:43 -0800

By: edgeways

edgeways — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:33:43 -0800

I envy those that are sleeping now, they have a few more hours of unawareness.

By: Penny Wise

Penny Wise — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:34:29 -0800

Ah geeeeez, I never got Vonnegut then. But I sure get the loss in his honor felt by the mefites now. .

By: dchase

dchase — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:34:33 -0800

_ | / * Reading God Bless You Mr. Rosewater I became self aware. I read it by candlelight, in a loft, in a cabin, on a lake, in Maine, fighting off bats. The bats ate the mosquitos. So it goes.

By: jodrell banksmeadow

jodrell banksmeadow — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:35:46 -0800

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:35:52 -0800

By: timsteil

timsteil — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:36:54 -0800

yeah........ late to the thread here I guess what afroblanco said the guy made insanity sane for me......and changed forvever the way I looked at the world. I was able to make sense of the world by deciphering the nonsense he made of it. and while I look back at what I just typed and think it is is weird...the word that keeps echoing in my head iis this tralfamadore

By: Foaf

Foaf — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:36:54 -0800

By: Bromius

Bromius — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:07 -0800

By: theoddball

theoddball — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:13 -0800

I see the Last Rites have been posted, so, the Fourteenth Calypso for you, Mister Vonnegut: "When I was young I was so gay and mean And I drank and chased the girls Just like young St. Augustine. Saint Augustine. He got to be a saint. So, if I get to be one, also, Please, Mama, don't you faint." here's hoping, huh? .

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:18 -0800

Poo-tee-weet?

By: Belle O'Cosity

Belle O'Cosity — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:22 -0800

I am so sad although I'm sure we all knew it would be soon having seen him in the last few years. The last interview I saw with him, he seemed very sick but was still able to take the piss out of everyone. I will miss him very much. I know the way here is to post a little dot, but for me a little dot is not enough to say goodbye to a great man. I don't know a lot of people would mourn for him in the town that I am in right now so I am happy to be a part of Metafilter, a place to say these things. I feel like a dork to be so sad about a person I don't know, but I really am. So, goodbye great man, you meant so much to me and so much to so many others. Thank you for helping me to be a better thinker.

By: ronv

ronv — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:38 -0800

Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne. * goodbye, blue monday.

By: mds35

mds35 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:43 -0800

By: scody

scody — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:51 -0800

By: mosk

mosk — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:39:52 -0800

I loved his books - they were insightful, funny, honest, and original. What a loss for us, but I hope he's finally at peace. From reading one of his recent interviews (can't find the link now), it sounded like life had become burdensome for him. Rest in peace, Kurt. *

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:40:10 -0800

davidmsc - I think you may just have been added to that list of people who will not be missed.

By: ruby.aftermath

ruby.aftermath — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:40:29 -0800

By: humannaire

humannaire — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:41:21 -0800

Hey my buddy Cliff the Key West Weaver just said the coolest thing! He said, "They'll be another!"

By: edgeways

edgeways — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:41:32 -0800

davidmsc, I'm not sure your sentiment is entirely appreciated, I think you are wrong on many counts and it is pretty turdtastic of you to use such harsh words in the middle of this tread, no class man, and obviously trying to pick a fight. So please take it to MeTa if you have further protestations

By: MotorNeuron

MotorNeuron — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:41:42 -0800

If you want to see what this fuss is about, read "Mother Night". It's good start. Thanks for the memories KV.

By: [expletive deleted]

[expletive deleted] — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:42:43 -0800

Godspeed, Kurt. The light of English literature is perceptibly dimer today.

By: davelog

davelog — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:45:18 -0800

By: dan g.

dan g. — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:47:45 -0800

what a voice he had. what a mind. *

By: lester

lester — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:48:18 -0800

By: BackwardsCity

BackwardsCity — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:48:42 -0800

What can be said? .

By: tomharpel

tomharpel — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:49:33 -0800

By: serazin

serazin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:50:19 -0800

It's not very cool to confess that you actually enjoy using this site, or that it has some meaning or value, or even that you like it. Instead there is an odd valuing of criticism and snark and complaints over positive expression - but I'll just come out and say that this post made me realize that I love it here on metafilter and this is why: After I read this post, and felt so sad, and remembered what sofa I was draped over reading Galapagos and picturing my literally held-together-with-tape-and-a-rubber-band copy of Cats Cradle and remembering finishing Welcome to the Monkey House and thinking "Huh, that was kinda weak" etc etc etc, I called my mom. I don't usually call my mom when I'm emotional, but I guess being transported to my adolescence inspired it. And I told her that Kurt Vonnegut had just died and she basically said, "Huh, that's kind of … interesting." And I hung up right away feeling really much sadder. And then I realized that I didn't know who to call who would feel just like I did. And then I realized that although I often feel like I don't fit in here, or like I'm not the same as folks here, I can see evidence right here in this post that a whole hellofalot of yawl shared at least this with me. I know Kurt Vonnegut is, well, pretty mainstream, and I don't have to look farther than, well, the New York Times to find glowing and gushing testimonials to his work and his life, and while I also know that probably a lot of folks might be annoyed by my feminist critiques of Mr. Vonnegut and probably, a bunch of you hated Bluebeard which was actually my favorite, given all of that, I feel a certain comrade with yawl right now, and I feel, well, grateful to have you guys here, all of us shocked and sad to see Kurt Vonnegut go. So although I know it's frowned upon here, let me just say, I really feel grateful for metafilter right now. And of course, for Kurt Vonnegut too.

By: sacre_bleu

sacre_bleu — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:51:45 -0800

By: serazin

serazin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:53:57 -0800

On second thought, Belle O'Cosity said it already, and, in Vonnegut's style, with more brevity. (Also, Breakfast of Champions might be tied for my favorite).

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:54:32 -0800

So it goes.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:54:35 -0800

I just walked in the house, and my husband told me the news. I was just floored, but then I decided I shouldn't be too sad, because it was pretty obvious in the last few years that KV was tired of living. In any case, if I could be any literary character ever, I would want to be Bokonon. Busy, busy, busy... I'm sitting underneath one of his screenprints right now. He put an asterisk after his signature. So it goes. *

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:56:05 -0800

davidmsc: you should try reading Vonnegut again. You might "get it" if you continue trying.

By: afx114

afx114 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:57:12 -0800

By: rockabilly_pete

rockabilly_pete — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:57:16 -0800

By: Wizzle

Wizzle — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:57:40 -0800

By: Wizzle

Wizzle — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:58:09 -0800

rockabilly_pete: Aha!

By: billder

billder — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:58:27 -0800

By: dbiedny

dbiedny — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:59:08 -0800

Another true hero has left the planet. Fly, Kurt, as high as you took us all these years. We love you. *

By: bigbigdog

bigbigdog — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:00:34 -0800

Nearly every time I brush my teeth I think about my sister (and I don't even have a sister) and how we'd decided that brushing our teeth with hot water was better than using cold. Shit. Goddamn. And I think about swallowing Drano, and how godawful that must be a way to die. And semicolons, and how I try to eliminate them because Kurt said they're useless, and I think he's right.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:00:41 -0800

By: craniac

craniac — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:00:48 -0800

I learned about the last shuttle explosion on metafilter, and now this. I am sad and will miss his writing, although I hope to never be as pessimistic as he was.

By: jdfalk

jdfalk — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:00:56 -0800

By: Benjamin Nushmutt

Benjamin Nushmutt — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:01:58 -0800

By: brujita

brujita — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:02:01 -0800

By: Jezztek

Jezztek — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:03:11 -0800

Actually, I think davidmsc is right in a lot of ways. Kurt Vonnegut *was* an idiot. You'd have to be to tell the truth. Sometimes there exists a person who is unafraid to look life if in the eye and accept it for what it is. Has this world ever rewarded these people with anything but sadness and a sense of isolation? It's the sweet little lies about this world and our lives in it that make living bearable for so many of us, you'd have to be an idiot to give up that comfort, even if you never spoke about it to another soul. You'd have to be an even bigger idiot to open your mouth and speak the truth, or in his case sing it out for all to hear, when everything history has ever taught us is that people will only despise you for it. He wasn't a particularly happy man, his vision didn't seem to bring him comfort, he struggled with suicide his whole life, and perhaps he could have dulled that pain with some comforting illusions. But he was an idiot, and chose the harder path, and made the world an indelibly better place because he lived here, and chose to live in his manner. Which is far more then could be said for the gentlemen you used in your examples.

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:04:28 -0800

Time to go do some (re)reading. Thanks, Kurt. .

By: arialblack

arialblack — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:05:42 -0800

By: mrbill

mrbill — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:06:58 -0800

By: eurasian

eurasian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:07:02 -0800

Goodbye to one of the few writers who made me blink and say "You can't write like that!", and be happy for it. Perhaps to take the edge off the mourning, or to increase it (whatever burns it off (or burns it in)), here's some advice on style, from the man.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:07:38 -0800

Metafilter: So many different people in the same device

By: darkstar

darkstar — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:08:45 -0800

So it goes. Rest in peace, Kurt, you wonderful, crazy, beautiful human being. Poo-tee-weet?

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:09:30 -0800

My favourites were Deadeye Dick and Mother Night.

By: bluevelvetelvis

bluevelvetelvis — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:10:29 -0800

I remember when I was first getting into the Grateful Dead, and like any music dork, reading lyrics and the details of album liner notes. At the time I was wondering what was up with Ice Nine Publishing; their publishing company. I didn't know what the fuck Ice Nine meant, I assumed it was some weird cryptic hippie joke from back before all the commercials took over. I guess that assumption was correct in some regards. A couple years later I found out what Ice Nine was and it blew my mind. Fucking A... Thank you Mr. Vonnegut.

By: craniac

craniac — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:10:42 -0800

do you have any ideas for a really scary reality TV show?: “C students from Yale.” It would stand your hair on end. From a 2003 interview.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:10:44 -0800

One of my favorites. *

By: aliendolphin

aliendolphin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:13:30 -0800

Oh crap. He was a beautifully misanthropic humanist. 20th century feels a whole lot more distant. Twain went out with a comet. I wonder what's taking Kurt home. .

By: Curry

Curry — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:13:33 -0800

So it goes. .

By: gompa

gompa — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:15:21 -0800

It's all good - great, in fact - but I'd suggest the uninitiated start what should be a delightful and enlightening dance through the whole catalogue with Mother Night. It goes, to begin with, like this: This is the only story of mine whose moral I know. I don't think it's a marvelous moral; I simply happen to know what it is: We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. It's a book about Nazis. And war. And Truth. And so it goes. *

By: RakDaddy

RakDaddy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:16:17 -0800

By: washburn

washburn — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:17:28 -0800

It makes me sad that he'd so smartly figured out some of the big problems some time ago, and that he had to spend his last years watching us let those problems get worse, instead of making them better. As cynical as he could be with regard to human nature, I can't help feeling that we all still managed to disappoint him. I hope he holds off heading into the blue tunnel for a few years, and has a chance to watch us move things in the right direction again. Assuming we can.

By: ebee

ebee — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:18:38 -0800

By: hurdy gurdy girl

hurdy gurdy girl — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:18:41 -0800

By: craniac

craniac — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:19:18 -0800

And from a 2005 interview on PBS: KURT VONNEGUT: You know, Christianity is very big now in particular-- and our president, of course, is a Christian. These are words I never hear. Blessed are the poor in spirit. For theirs is kingdom of heaven. This isn't original. Blessed are they that mourn. For they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the Earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers. For they shall be called the children of God. Not exactly a Republican platform.

By: lilac girl

lilac girl — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:22:09 -0800

. My roommate & I were just talking about "Make me young again!" How weird.

By: luriete

luriete — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:23:38 -0800

well, this is just terrible. it's been a year or two since i've read one of his books. but i don't think anything anyone else has written has ever touched me the way his stories did. i know it's an artificial closeness that we feel for artists whose work resonates with us. i remember when my mother came home crying because john lennon had been shot and i was too young to understand why. but i guess i now understand.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:24:47 -0800

oh god, no. i don't think i can handle this. fucking god no.

By: jba

jba — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:24:53 -0800

he was a great guy. will sorely be missed. .

By: alms

alms — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:25:26 -0800

Rented a tent a tent a tent. I think I'll commemorate his death by giving one of his books to someone who's never read any. Indeed. . . .

By: granted

granted — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:26:55 -0800

Damn. Now we'll never get to be best friends. *

By: hap_hazard

hap_hazard — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:28:11 -0800

By: sputgop

sputgop — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:30:22 -0800

By: bowline

bowline — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:31:50 -0800

I read Welcome to the Monkey House when I was about 17, and it was my all time favorite book of short stories at the time. I haven't re-read it in 20 years, as I don't want to spoil that magic. .

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:32:18 -0800

I guess landedjentry just truthed me. A callipso: Mr. Vonnegut died, in the spring time. The MeFites all are very sad. His time had come, he had to go, But The Author lives on, in printed form. .

By: Deepspace

Deepspace — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:32:34 -0800

. The world is a bit darker today. Or maybe a bit lighter. Whichever.. it's different. In a bad way.

By: stumbling

stumbling — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:33:27 -0800

Oh god, no. I'm late to the thread(I headed straight here when I heard the news. This is a good place, and a kind place.), so I just read through all 200+ comments, and I am so not ready to face this day. Goddammit, so it goes.. :'(

By: kyleg

kyleg — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:33:52 -0800

Dammit, dammit, dammit. I know he hadn't been the same in recent years, and I'm sure he was ready for the end. It's a damn shame to see the battered shell of a man in the light of what he once was and never could be again. But to me he was a hero. Even though he wasn't what he was at his prime, what's left of him was still smarter, wittier, and yes, more of a patriot than most men ever dare to dream of being. Ever since the day I first finished reading one of his novels, I wanted to meet him. Who knows what I ever would have said to him, or him to me. I suppose I was hoping for something like a papal blessing, as a member of the Church of the Written Word. God Bless you, Mr. Vonnegut. Our greatest living author is no longer, though the world is far better for having him. There is no higher praise to give a man. May his words keep him immortal. So it goes. .

By: cpualani

cpualani — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:36:19 -0800

Dang. Why do things like this have to happen to people when we need them the most? .

By: runningdogofcapitalism

runningdogofcapitalism — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:36:24 -0800

By: mikw

mikw — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:37:16 -0800

By: derivative algorithm

derivative algorithm — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:40:19 -0800

By: merelyglib

merelyglib — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:41:02 -0800

* .

By: Bokononist

Bokononist — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:41:33 -0800

* Such an interesting peephole, it is sad to see it shut. So it goes.

By: ottereroticist

ottereroticist — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:43:32 -0800

By: bkudria

bkudria — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:44:53 -0800

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:44:53 -0800

By: ORthey

ORthey — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:45:09 -0800

My sadness is definitely lessened by coming here and finding all these people who feel the same way as me. Sirens of Titan is my favorite, and I re-read it every few months. One of the few authors who can make me laugh at loud regularly. Dang. .

By: prosthezis

prosthezis — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:45:31 -0800

His books are the only books I've ever re-read just for the hell of it. All I want to do now is call in sick tomorrow so I can read KV all day. *

By: ORthey

ORthey — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:45:50 -0800

Laugh out loud, also.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:49:10 -0800

Oh, and another thing: Goddammit, davidmsc, you've got to be kind.

By: luckypozzo

luckypozzo — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:49:40 -0800

Life. I'm really starting to hate it.

By: Durhey

Durhey — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:52:41 -0800

I only just recently started reading his books, and realized I should have been doing so all my life. Fortunately, he left behind a lot of really great books, and I suppose if I'd already read them, I wouldn't have the pleasure of reading them the first time.

By: the_bone

the_bone — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:52:56 -0800

Fuck, man. Fuck. .

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:53:07 -0800

Ah, hell. *

By: Mil

Mil — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:55:51 -0800

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:00:38 -0800

. sad day for words of all sorts

By: scheptech

scheptech — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:03:48 -0800

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:04:51 -0800

By: Mister Bijou

Mister Bijou — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:07:38 -0800

By: jewzilla

jewzilla — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:10:42 -0800

By: pointilist

pointilist — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:14:59 -0800

I think he was ready to go. Thanks for everything. good job. .

By: the_bone

the_bone — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:16:27 -0800

I've worried some about why write books when Presidents and Senators and generals do not read them, and the university experience taught me a very good reason: you catch people before they become generals and Senators and Presidents, and you poison their minds with humanity. Encourage them to make a better world. from Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, 1988

By: timelord

timelord — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:18:34 -0800

* There was a particularly interesting interview he gave in Stop Smiling a few months ago. Unfortunately, only an excerpt is available online. Worth reading if you can find it.

By: salvia

salvia — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:20:07 -0800

And I just finished re-reading Slaughterhouse Five this past weekend.

By: peacay

peacay — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:20:13 -0800

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:20:36 -0800

Thank you, kv, for many fine words and fine books.

By: ottereroticist

ottereroticist — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:21:18 -0800

NOT EVEN THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE KNEW WHAT THE MAN WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT. ~*~ PERHAPS THE MAN WAS A BETTER UNIVERSE IN ITS INFANCY R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007 He Tried.

By: herichon

herichon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:21:41 -0800

God damn it, Mr. Vonnegut... how could you leave us, just when we needed you the most? So much work yet to do, and us with no compass. . . .

By: SansPoint

SansPoint — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:22:28 -0800

I've only read a handful of his books (Cats Cradle, Welcome to the Monkey House, and Bagombo Snuff Box), and I'm reacting worse than when Douglas Adams died. .

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:28:37 -0800

when the vast majority of people here on mefi would openly CHEER blah blah blah You really showed 'em, tiger.

By: salvia

salvia — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:29:45 -0800

When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in a bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug...

By: MadamM

MadamM — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:31:01 -0800

ah, this is sad. .