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mopinko

(71,798 posts) Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:49 PM Sep 2022

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some advice from kurt vonnegut.

brilliant.

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some advice from kurt vonnegut. (Original Post) mopinko Sep 2022 OP

I got to see him give that talk... Salviati Sep 2022 #1

so fucking decent. mopinko Sep 2022 #2

Mrs. Weller rubbersole Sep 2022 #3

and al at yt is serving me up a master class right now. mopinko Sep 2022 #4

Thanks Eliot Rosewater Sep 2022 #5

what al at yt is servin up- mopinko Sep 2022 #6

1 of the few things i have to thank my 1st hubs 4 is vonnegut. mopinko Sep 2022 #7

i reread cat's cradle last year rampartc Sep 2022 #9

1 more- mopinko Sep 2022 #8

Well, it that wasn't nice, I don't know what is. Chainfire Sep 2022 #10

i say that mopinko Sep 2022 #11

Salviati

(6,037 posts)

1. I got to see him give that talk...

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:57 PM

Sep 2022

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

(71,798 posts)

2. so fucking decent.

Reply to Salviati (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:10 PM

Sep 2022

a model if how to human, let alone how to write.
inspiring.

rubbersole

(8,503 posts)

3. Mrs. Weller

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:14 PM

Sep 2022

Thanks, Kurt!

mopinko

(71,798 posts)

4. and al at yt is serving me up a master class right now.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:16 PM

Sep 2022

it's been a long time since i read him. need to pick up a book.

Eliot Rosewater

(32,536 posts)

5. Thanks

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:21 PM

Sep 2022

mopinko

(71,798 posts)

6. what al at yt is servin up-

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:28 PM

Sep 2022

mopinko

(71,798 posts)

7. 1 of the few things i have to thank my 1st hubs 4 is vonnegut.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:31 PM

Sep 2022

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

Reply to mopinko (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 01:29 AM

Sep 2022

hilarious

mopinko

(71,798 posts)

8. 1 more-

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:42 PM

Sep 2022

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

10. Well, it that wasn't nice, I don't know what is.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 09:34 AM

Sep 2022

mopinko

(71,798 posts)

11. i say that

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #10)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 09:37 AM

Sep 2022

all.the.time.
so glad he taught me that.

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