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Monuments | 12 Sep 2007 | 1 Comments | Continue Reading >>
Part of what I think gives me a kinship with Vonnegut is his experience during the Dresden Fire Bombings during WWII where he was a prisoner of war synthesizing vitamin supplements in the basement of an old slaughterhouse (labeled #5) while the allied carpet bombing turned the city into one massive blaze (tens of thousands were killed over three days).
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Monuments | 28 Aug 2007 | 2 Comments | Continue Reading >>
Best new ridiculous, made-up condition: Restless Leg Syndrome. (This doesn’t pertain directly to Vonnegut, but I feel like he’s probably written something like it somewhere...)
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Monuments | 27 Aug 2007 | 6 Comments | Continue Reading >>
In Vonnegut’s short story, “Unready to Wear” (from Welcome to the Monkey House), an old mathematician named Dr. Ellis Konigswasser mistakenly figures out how to leave his body to become “amphibious” (similar to how fish eventually left the sea - an imagined, inevitable next step of evolution).
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Monuments | 15 Aug 2007 | 7 Comments | Continue Reading >>
Been pretty much bathing in smelly old Vonnegut pages (basically all the books with 70’s style pop art with the big V on the front), and I can feel my brain melting some old, long-held dogmas.
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Monuments | 10 Jul 2007 | 0 Comments | Continue Reading >>
In preparation for a celebration of Kurt Vonnegut’s life and art, I will be posting ideas and thoughts relating to the writer and artist to stir up some conversations about his influence and importance, as well as garnering interest and participation in the upcoming event.
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Herman Wilkins | 12 Nov 2008
From the entry Some More Bad Chemicals