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!
#KurtVonnegut is brilliant.
Everyone should be able to participate in his wisdom.
I did an OCR of your screenshot:
Kurt Vonnegut wrote: “When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break, and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do...
For fans of #Indiana, #KurtVonnegut and #Bokonon, here is a prime example of a #granfalloon. I'm posting this video of #VileIniquity, whose music makes the food in my stomach move around in unpleasant ways. Why? Because my #Hoosier daughter's friend's son plays in the band. So help me, I'll probably go to see them live next time I visit.
Is my current favorite film. a documentary about a life that wasn't perfect trying to impart wisdom, kindness, and hope. to any who were amused enough to listen and have a chance to learn.
A prisoner of war in Dresden he almost certainly suffered from PTSD from the firebombing that leveled that city.
He wrote some of the great seriocomic novels. These books seem to scream out "Be happy".
Now is the time to form smaller, independent social media communities: Start a Slack, Discord, Discourse Forum, a Wordpress group blog for a small group with mutual interests. My experience suggests you need a critical mass of a dozen regular posters, and out of 100 invites, 50-70 will try it, 20-40 will stay, and a dozen regulars will keep it alive while you try to grow. It helps to have a strong mutual interest. #OnlineCommunities
@hrheingold Reminds me of (potentially apocryphal) advice from Kurt Vonnegut:
"What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”