Comments on: Lucky Mud: Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

By: Crossroads Dispatches: Awareness

Crossroads Dispatches: Awareness — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:19:22 +0000

[...] "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.”" - Echdine quotes from Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (via Alas a Blog) [...]

By: Vonnegut and son - The Boston Globe

Vonnegut and son - The Boston Globe — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:11:19 +0000

[...] A post on “Alas, a blog” (good name) about Kurt Vonnegut and his recent death quotes at some length from his novel “Cat’s Cradle.” I’d say it’s worth re-quoting: 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: DocZayus

DocZayus — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:16:15 +0000

I’ll see ya when I get there.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:49:33 +0000

A brilliant man…Happy Birthday Wanda June was by far the best parody of Hemingwayesque hypermasculinity I’ve ever read

By: dennis trainor

dennis trainor — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:21:37 +0000

thought you might like this short video tribute to Vonnegut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9QvC9vE9uI

more info @ http://www.thehermitwithdavisfleetwood.com

By: Sage

Sage — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:00:48 +0000

I haven’t books (or memory) at the ready, but I must say that without Vonnegut I might never have learned to enjoy reading. It was, particularly, that part of Breakfast of Champions where he actually drew an asshole on the page. At about 11, it was the most exciting moment in reading ever. (I’d say after a lifetime of reading x, y, z, but I can’t remember a single book I read before that. I just remember hating them all.)

Beyond that first memory, Slaughterhouse Five and Galapagos are my favourites.

By: rodders

rodders — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:41:57 +0000

“I’m suing a cigarette company because on the package they promised to kill me, and yet here I am.”

By: rodders

rodders — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:33:13 +0000

I was a victim of a series of acciidents. As are we all.

By: Friends

Friends — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:09:17 +0000

[...] So, uh, yeah, in case you hadn’t heard Kurt Vonnegut died. Which is a sad, sad thing and I’ve ever only read one of his works so far. (Cat’s Cradle for the curious.)Ampersand posted a nice tribute at Alas, a blog that’s awesomesauce.And now I am going to bed. I am a sad, tired panda.Current Mood: sad panda [...]

By: Valkyrie

Valkyrie — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:07:16 +0000

Cat’s Cradle is not just my favorite Vonnegut novel but my favorite book period.

By: Jake Squid

Jake Squid — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:52:40 +0000

There is a special place in my mind for Deadeye Dick.

By: SMM

SMM — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:22:13 +0000

“In a punctual way of speaking, goodbye.”

Winston Niles Rumfoord

Thanks you Kurt for your humor, kindness and simple wisdom. You shall be missed.

“poo tee weet?”

By: mousehounde

mousehounde — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:11:12 +0000

“Life is no way to treat an animal, not even a mouse.”

By: Myca

Myca — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:57:49 +0000

Great minds.

;->

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:29:12 +0000

How funny, Myca — I was just this second editing my post to include that exact quote.

By: Myca

Myca — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:27:36 +0000

In God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut said one of the wisest, most wonderful things I’ve ever heard:

“God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”

It’s so simple and so true, and it’s not about giving kindness to people who are kind to you, and it’s not about giving kindness to those who earn it, it’s just about being kind.

I wish I was more like Mr. Rosewater, and I wish I was more like Mr. Vonnegut.

Damn, I’m going to miss him.

—Myca

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:25:48 +0000

So it goes.

By: Archaeology, Archeology or Archæology - The Science of Archaeology

Archaeology, Archeology or Archæology - The Science of Archaeology — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Literary Lucky Mud, remembering Vonnegut, Alas a Blog Papers on Neural Nets and Virtual Reality in Archaeology - English and en Español, Matt on GIS and Archaeology On heritage and reconstruction, Cornelius Holtorf on ArchaeoLog

By: Chris Abraham - Because the Medium is the Message

Chris Abraham - Because the Medium is the Message — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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. (via Alas, a Blog)

By: little cloud

little cloud — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ampersand posted a nice tribute