Lots of stuff on Kurt Vonnegut today, who joined Isaac Asimov yesterday. There's a lot of fun stuff getting put out there about him, which is great. My own favorite memory of him doesn't actually come from his writing, but from a speech he gave at Indiana University while I was a graduate student. In between remarks on his crush on the woman at the post office and whether he did or did not use a Macintosh, he emphatically declared that "People were put on this planet to fart around, and don't let anyone tell you different!" Whenever I start to feel guilty about wasting time, I eventually remember that and feel much better about whatever it is I'm up to.
Posted by Jason at April 12, 2007 05:56 PM