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2005-11-21 Fifth Column

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Posted by Mike 2005-11-21 06:03|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That was the Spaniard that said that Mike. But I see what you mean. Vonnegut has obviously lost his marbles, he's probably been living in Berkely for so long that he doesn't even really know what is going on out in the real world.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-11-21 08:24|| 2005-11-21 08:24|| Front Page Top

#2 ".../speaks truth to power/speaks Hindu to houseplants..."
Oooohhh, I like that line. I think I'll steal it!"

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2005-11-21 08:56|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2005-11-21 08:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't speak ~~Hindu~~ Hindi! As a houseplant I vigorously uh, um, vegetate! Wanna see my Kirlian ~~auras~~ etchings?

Posted by .potted begonia 2005-11-21 09:30|| 2005-11-21 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Vonnegut has a brownstone in Manhattan and a house in the Hamptons. He lives more in a Berkely of the mind.

Posted by growler 2005-11-21 10:41|| 2005-11-21 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 awesome quote from the Princess bride, one of my all time favorite lines. I won't be having beers with Vonnegut any time soon, and I thought his writing sucked anyway....

Posted by Ray Robison 2005-11-21 10:54|| 2005-11-21 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 darn, that pen of Lileks isn't just a sword, it's a laser beam.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-21 11:21|| 2005-11-21 11:21|| Front Page Top

#7 There was no misquote - read the entire story... He has been vomiting other putridity as well... Hope that if the ass-lomo-fokks set off a dirty bomb he is nearby. He'll learn first-hand what they are all about, may he can get that "enormous high" with them.

Posted by BigEd 2005-11-21 12:32|| 2005-11-21 12:32|| Front Page Top

#8 My son was planning to take some classes from him at the Iowa Writers Workshop. It may be too late as he seem to be entering a senile dementia stage.

Posted by 3dc 2005-11-21 16:32|| 2005-11-21 16:32|| Front Page Top

#9 To be fair, his son is severely schizophrenic - and insanity tends to run in the family....

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2005-11-21 22:06|| 2005-11-21 22:06|| Front Page Top

#10 I believe Vonnegut wrote one good story: "Report on the Barnhouse Effect." The rest is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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