RE: Vonnegut's 1997 Commencement Address

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>>I am certain that no one here would dispute the fact that an unknown
>>woman is capable of something wonderfully written.
>
>>laura

>i would. unknown woman is not capable of something wonderfully written.

Okay, first off I'm sorry for zapping the speech to the list in light of 
the fact that it had the wrong attribution. I've been over at the Columbia 
River gorge all weekend seeing Phish and just got back. But the ironic 
thing about the speech is that it was forwarded to me by a friend who is 
actually related to Vonnegut. So there ya go. On the one hand it's a shame 
that ol' Kurt's name got attached to it, but the greater glory goes to Mary 
Schmich in the final tally. I think it was a wonderful speech regardless of 
who wrote it. Who knows...maybe Mary Schmich is the new Kurt Vonnegut. I 
bet somewhere there's an editor getting her on the phone right now.

Oh, and to the person who so eloquently said "unknown woman is not capable 
of something wonderfully written." Please take your sexist attitudes 
elsewhere.

Cheers,

Malcolm

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