Vonnegut – Joseph D. Newcomer

Undo You: Part 2

on June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 By Joseph D. Newcomer 2 Comments

Just maybe, some things should affect you.

Let Me Inertain You

on May 21, 2024May 29, 2024 By Joseph D. Newcomer

So far as I’ve been able to discern, we’re only really here to try to entertain ourselves until we’re no longer here.

Poop and Turdcumstance

on August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 By Joseph D. Newcomer 8 Comments

Get the stink of the things you enjoy all over yourselves.

Miring in Admiration

on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 By Joseph D. Newcomer 6 Comments

The pain of admiration, awareness, appreciation, and knowledge is understanding the beauty of something someone created, and realizing that you may never enjoy something of your own as much. This is what I think when I read Kurt Vonnegut, or Philip K. Dick, or listen to the lyrics of Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yPKfYMkqqtrGJ0ci0VcUQ?si=4-qvK4Y3QQaOxrSGzef0pQ&dl_branch=1 [...]

Vonnegut and the Mistake Machines

on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 By Joseph D. Newcomer 1 Comment

This is one of my most popular posts, so I recorded it for The Thought & Other Absurdities Podcast. I just started doing this and I'm giving you bonus material in every episode. In the Vonnegut and the Mistake Machines Episode, I added a bit of a rant about our society's poor treatment of Simone [...]