tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post1727353991174926471..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: So It Goesyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-60600798646018470062011-09-20T12:15:56.385-04:002011-09-20T12:15:56.385-04:00It can't have effect in fact, that is exactly ...It can't have effect in fact, that is exactly what I suppose.contactos barcelonahttp://www.encontactos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-50927870588600505452007-04-13T21:10:00.000-04:002007-04-13T21:10:00.000-04:00Yep, you are the first one I thought of when I hea...Yep, you are the first one I thought of when I heard the news. I'm embarrassed to say I've never read anything of his. I'll go to the book store tomorrow and remedy that.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544076384942487436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-87887043499730303252007-04-13T16:46:00.000-04:002007-04-13T16:46:00.000-04:00I am so glad that I learned the news of Vonnegut's...I am so glad that I learned the news of Vonnegut's passing through your blog. A tribute worthy of the man. Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-43122299862399133412007-04-13T00:22:00.000-04:002007-04-13T00:22:00.000-04:00It's been too long since I've read Vonnegut - I'll...It's been too long since I've read Vonnegut - I'll have to correct that. Too bad there's no afterlife - I think it would amuse him to see so many others like myself reading his work because he's dead. <BR/><BR/>It's also good to hear that, in your encounter with him, he was himself kind.2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-36030125788893825542007-04-12T19:41:00.000-04:002007-04-12T19:41:00.000-04:00Here's to Kurt Vonnegut... I'm very sorry for the ...Here's to Kurt Vonnegut... I'm very sorry for the personal sense of loss you must be feeling at this time.<BR/><BR/>Here's also to hoping you can find that picture someday.Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-64453867322013844392007-04-12T15:30:00.000-04:002007-04-12T15:30:00.000-04:00I never mentioned this before, but I got to do "Ha...I never mentioned this before, but I got to do "Happy Birthday Wanda June" as a radio play back in college. I played the part of Looseleaf, which was a lot of fun. <BR/><BR/>Like Courtney, I saw the headline and came here first. There will never be another mind like his, and we are all the poorer for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-80315334240320393122007-04-12T15:27:00.000-04:002007-04-12T15:27:00.000-04:00I managed to hold it together today, until I swung...I managed to hold it together today, until I swung by the official site and saw this, and proceeded to cry like a baby:<BR/>http://www.vonnegut.com/Dimestore Lipstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00636429198409262756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-83938365511415277162007-04-12T15:09:00.000-04:002007-04-12T15:09:00.000-04:00He was one of my heroes too. This poor cruel decr...He was one of my heroes too. This poor cruel decrepit world is the poorer, crueler, and more decrepit for his passing.<BR/><BR/>A giant among men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-88313867588361752992007-04-12T14:26:00.000-04:002007-04-12T14:26:00.000-04:00Soulmate, hero, inspiration, funny guy. I used to...Soulmate, hero, inspiration, funny guy. <BR/>I used to work for PanAm and I bothered so many people cracking up reading Vonnegut on my trip to somewhere. I saw him lecture at Stanford in the 90s - best lecture I ever heard. Walking out at the end I heard some people say that he was really out of date. <BR/><BR/>No way was this great humanitarian out of date!!! Each book of his has a theme that is important to my life. No one mentions Galapagos - and his message about how we are trashing our environment. And Slapshot with the Presidential Slogan "Lonesome No More". The man will live on until we all blow up. I miss him so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-70267350275355067112007-04-12T13:35:00.000-04:002007-04-12T13:35:00.000-04:00Dead at last, dead at last, great god almighty, de...Dead at last, dead at last, great god almighty, dead at last. Well, all I can say is "Welcome To The Monkey House", Mr. Vonnegut. <BR/><BR/>Back in '83 I played the vacuum cleaner salesman in the excellent off-broadway production of your play "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" at ELT in Manhattan, and we met backstage after opening night.<BR/><BR/>It was, for me, a watershed moment, and for the rest of my life I have been searching day-old bakery outlets for birthday cakes with inscriptions on them which are no longer apropos due to the violent deaths of the recipients prior to their celebratory events. I have never found one. (I saw that Robert Altman stole your idea, which found its way into his movie "Short Cuts", for which, by the way, I have never forgiven him. He's dead, too. Serves him right.)<BR/><BR/>And now that you are finally dead and gone, would you kindly re-animate your spirit in the body of my cat Po, so that I may once again have a reason for living.<BR/><BR/>J. Mathers<BR/>HollywoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-76272569257386695762007-04-12T12:26:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:26:00.000-04:00Well stated. It's a hard, hard day. Thank you ki...Well stated. It's a hard, hard day. Thank you kindly.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-19278995588933293352007-04-12T12:24:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:24:00.000-04:00I read a lot of Vonnegut when I was too young to r...I read a lot of Vonnegut when I was too young to really "get" it. But I do remember the really very delicate, gentle under-flavoring of his works. <BR/><BR/>I think I'll start reading it again now. <BR/><BR/>My condolences to all of us.Impetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354915621349760545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-39870325974312561022007-04-12T11:28:00.000-04:002007-04-12T11:28:00.000-04:00You said it best in the last paragraph or so, than...You said it best in the last paragraph or so, thank you.<BR/><BR/>It was always comforting to know someone like Kurt existed on the planet. He will be missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-89467683072328379102007-04-12T11:11:00.000-04:002007-04-12T11:11:00.000-04:00A lovely tribute, YJ. It's difficult to reconcile ...A lovely tribute, YJ. It's difficult to reconcile the feelings of sadness and gladness that I feel today. We're so lucky to have had him as part of our lives.<BR/><BR/>~piXelPixelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639306880021925058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-6119148081469038432007-04-12T10:27:00.000-04:002007-04-12T10:27:00.000-04:00As I said in my earlier comment on a different pos...As I said in my earlier comment on a different post, I am sorry. I came running over here the minute I saw the news to offer my condolences to you, such a huge fan.<BR/><BR/>It's always such a sad moment when our idols leave us.HRH Courtney, Queen of Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019876055788862713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-80899589946865456342007-04-12T09:04:00.000-04:002007-04-12T09:04:00.000-04:00That was me, the no envy one. MbThat was me, the no envy one. <BR/>MbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1550852220467522342007-04-12T09:03:00.000-04:002007-04-12T09:03:00.000-04:00Good job. YJ. You evoked wet eyes in my and the gl...Good job. YJ. You evoked wet eyes in my and the glacier line is fab. You are so lucky. Envy? Nah, but such happiness for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-13882362157566669152007-04-12T09:01:00.000-04:002007-04-12T09:01:00.000-04:00Somebody said (don't have time to Google it now) t...Somebody said (don't have time to Google it now) that Kurt Vonnegut was deep down a sugar pill with a bitter coating. Apt, but a little too pat to describe his complexity.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm getting old, because it feels like all the heroes of my youth are going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-78196938397982939242007-04-12T08:37:00.000-04:002007-04-12T08:37:00.000-04:00yellojkt my friend, well said.bcyellojkt my friend, well said.<BR/><BR/>bcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-79360097679658226222007-04-12T08:20:00.000-04:002007-04-12T08:20:00.000-04:00Yellojkt, I am without words.Thinking of you today...Yellojkt, I am without words.<BR/><BR/>Thinking of you today.<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/>KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com