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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. #167512 04/12/2007 9:51 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... One of my literary idols is gone at 84. No one like him. He was a true original, created his own genre really. "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Breakfast of Champions," and "Cats in the Cradle," among others, all classics. He had a quirkiness of humor of that somehow charmed pessimism into affirmation. There isn't much of his work I missed. And he will be greatly missed. And to borrow his own refrain from "Breakfast of Champions": And so it goes... Last edited by WhitmanO'Neill; 04/12/2007 9:57 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. WhitmanO'Neill #167531 04/13/2007 8:15 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... (oops) that's "Cat's Cradle"...must've had Harry Chapin floating through my head... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. WhitmanO'Neill #167641 04/18/2007 2:51 AM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... Curuinor journeyman Curuinor journeyman Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... I think a lot of his books use that refrain. Slaughterhouse 5, I am sure of. Same with Breakfast of Champions. I exist! I am a pedant! I have a foreboding signature! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Curuinor #167695 04/20/2007 12:23 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Yes, Curuinor... I believe you're right. "And so it goes" was from Slaughterhouse 5 . His mantra from Breakfast of Champions was "And so on." Thanks for the correction. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. WhitmanO'Neill #168214 05/12/2007 9:25 AM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2 Germany WayneS stranger WayneS stranger Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2 Germany I discovered him late in life; perhaps fate had it that way, so I might be better equipped to fully enjoy his jaywalking sense of humor. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. WayneS #168281 05/17/2007 1:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky his jaywalking sense of humor. Hey, I like that! And, welcome, Wayne. Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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