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some advice from kurt vonnegut. (Original Post)
mopinko
Sep 2022
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Salviati
(6,037 posts)1. I got to see him give that talk...
Not the one that this is recording of, but a similar one, at UW Madison back in 97. A very entertaining speaker, as this video is testament to.
mopinko
(71,813 posts)2. so fucking decent.
a model if how to human, let alone how to write.
inspiring.
rubbersole
(8,517 posts)3. Mrs. Weller
Thanks, Kurt!
mopinko
(71,813 posts)4. and al at yt is serving me up a master class right now.
it's been a long time since i read him. need to pick up a book.
Eliot Rosewater
(32,536 posts)5. Thanks
mopinko
(71,813 posts)6. what al at yt is servin up-
mopinko
(71,813 posts)7. 1 of the few things i have to thank my 1st hubs 4 is vonnegut.
sirens of titan, slaughterhouse 5, ice nine, mother night.
made me a life long fan.
havent thought about him much lately. since he died...
so good to listen to him now that i am in a good writing space.
rampartc
(5,835 posts)9. i reread cat's cradle last year
hilarious
mopinko
(71,813 posts)8. 1 more-
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)10. Well, it that wasn't nice, I don't know what is.
mopinko
(71,813 posts)11. i say that
all.the.time.
so glad he taught me that.