R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
cliff
Posted 2007-04-12 10:58 AM (#105804)
Subject: R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut


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". . So It Goes . ."
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Omaha
Posted 2007-04-12 11:10 AM (#105805 - in reply to #105804)
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fillhixx
Posted 2007-04-12 11:15 AM (#105806 - in reply to #105804)
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I don't give a flying f*@! at a rolling doughnut!
I don't give a flying f*@! at the mooooooooon!
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Jeff W.
Posted 2007-04-12 11:29 AM (#105807 - in reply to #105804)
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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."


... One of my literary Heros.
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Grif
Posted 2007-04-12 11:35 AM (#105808 - in reply to #105804)
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alpep
Posted 2007-04-12 11:44 AM (#105809 - in reply to #105804)
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“Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.”

i have read eveything I can get my hands on of his. absolutely my favorite author.
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cliff
Posted 2007-04-12 12:10 PM (#105810 - in reply to #105804)
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". . When the last living thing has died on account of us,
how poetical it would be if Earth could say,
in a voice floating up (perhaps from the floor
of the Grand Canyon),

“It is done.”

People did not like it here . ."


Conversely, I absolutely LOVED his cameo appearance in Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School" . . .
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Randy22
Posted 2007-04-12 5:41 PM (#105811 - in reply to #105804)
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I met him once; he gave a speech and did a book signing. Very inspiring, yet fun.
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Northcountry
Posted 2007-04-14 9:04 AM (#105812 - in reply to #105804)
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What a loss, and what footprints he left!

Amazing man.
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gulfcoast
Posted 2007-04-14 10:32 PM (#105813 - in reply to #105804)
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