I started out on the fediverse arooooound...I wanna say 2017/18 mebbe? My big start in social media was MySpace. Before that, I had a LiveJournal (which I miss mightily with all my heart). My very first computer was a Gateway PC, back when they shipped them to you in those awesome cow spot pattern boxes. I am trying to de-google my life.
I'm #ADHD and suffer from #dysthymia. I'm currently unmedicated. I can be damned moody at times, so there's your warning.
Religiously/spiritually speaking, I'm complicated. That will be a long post, when I get around to writing it. My general rule is: I have my thing. It's not everybody's thing, and that's cool. Not everybody's thing is my thing, and that's cool. Just don't be a wanker towards those whose thing ain't your thing. OM 🕉
I'm 57 years old and have come to the conclusion that we never truly appreciate the decades we grew up in until we hit middle age.
I'm single and childless, hence my user tag: TheLastOfHisName.
“I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
"Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow... The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you watching this screen: Before you go to bed, write a four line poem. Make it as good as you can. Don’t show it to anybody. Put it where nobody will find it. And you will discover that you have your reward."
Sophie Kemp grew up in Schenectady, New York, where Kurt Vonnegut, her favorite writer as a teen, lived for a time after WWII. She writes for the Paris Review about visiting Vonnegut's "charmingly shabby" house on a road trip with her father, who bought her "Slaughterhouse-Five" and sparked her love of the author.
"I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'."
I was fortunate enough to find #GlennGould's Music From #KurtVonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five in a used records bin in the 90s. It is still one my favorite soundtracks. Gould plays #piano on every track except one. It has been forever since I have seen the movie, or read the book for that matter. It was a stroke of brilliance to have a #JSBach soundtrack with this film. #Bach#soundtrack#Baroque#ClassicalMusic@baroquemusic
I have difficulty keeping any editions of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. books in stock, but have recently acquired two collections, including these '70s Dells. If you're looking, now's the time to stop in!
@bookstodon
As I mentioned, it's tough keeping Vonnegut around. Someone came in and bought every one of the Dell books pictured. Luckily, I still have some KVJ on hand, but, the Dells – I think – are all gone.