Mr. Vonnegut... you will be dearly missed.
Last night, the author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. succumbed to brain injuries sustained in a fall several weeks ago. This affected me profoundly as would the passing of any of my heros, literary or otherwise. Vonnegut spoke to me in a way very few writers could. His humor and half bent philosophies very much helped shaped who I've become as a person. He
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Any way, I'm pleased to see this post. Vonnegut was the man who made me want to write. And when he died, I could find no kindred soul with whom I might commiserate. I wrote "So it goes" on my whiteboard door thingy at work in lieu of my usual "Back in 15" and would you believe that at a University, not a single goddamn soul got the reference?
Sad.
Ok, punktastic former roommate o' mine. Here is what I have to share.
"We had a memorial services for Isaac a few years back, and at one point I said, “Isaac is up in Heaven now.” It was the funniest thing I could have said to a group 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."
If heaven does exist, god forbid, it's the kind of heaven I hope lets Kurt through the pearly gates.
_ Jill Mitchell (Vancouver at some point - 2001 at the time the planes hit new york for sure)
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