tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13721121.post1787540785072183079..comments2023-11-03T09:22:00.224-04:00Comments on the pointy universe: David Foster WallaceKJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10816760337027692727noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13721121.post-81531757376044208552008-09-17T21:34:00.000-04:002008-09-17T21:34:00.000-04:00It's a done deal, BBIt's a done deal, BBKJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816760337027692727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13721121.post-1024414880127903422008-09-17T19:37:00.000-04:002008-09-17T19:37:00.000-04:00Kate:As superficial as this might sound at a time ...Kate:<BR/><BR/>As superficial as this might sound at a time like this; are you on Facebook? Please befriend me.<BR/><BR/>Bobschroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814629149620724285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13721121.post-53441349892800067092008-09-17T11:18:00.000-04:002008-09-17T11:18:00.000-04:00I left this note on your Facebook:“Think of the ol...I left this note on your Facebook:<BR/><BR/>“Think of the old cliché about quote the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master. This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth,”<BR/><BR/>"It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms almost always shoot themselves in: the head. They shoot th... Read Moree terrible master. And the truth is that most of these suicides are actually dead long before they pull the trigger."<BR/><BR/>David Foster Wallace, Kenyon College 2005<BR/><BR/>RIPTim Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721327576830090294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13721121.post-5265249841202209112008-09-17T09:36:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:36:00.000-04:00Hey Bob-So great to see you back in the comment bo...Hey Bob-So great to see you back in the comment box. Totally agree. It baffles the mind that someone would "choose" to die from a manageable illness but you always hear these stories of how drugs and therapy numb artists' and their livelihoods. Nevertheless, he probably had more life to live (and to write) ahead of him then he did behind him. It's ironic (and DFW would hate that) that people who have no choice with illness fight like mad to get healthy while some with treatable illnesses fold in on themselves and give up. Where's the fight? I guess I'm just not as much of an empathetic tortured soul as I fancy myself to be :) I'll have to reread Ifinite Jest, with the notes this time. Hope all are well!KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816760337027692727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13721121.post-81683192997050739102008-09-16T20:08:00.000-04:002008-09-16T20:08:00.000-04:00Kate:Little did I know (and yet, equally little di...Kate:<BR/><BR/>Little did I know (and yet, equally little did it surprise me), that you were (are) a fan of DFW.<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine held out Infinite Jest to me like a big fat joint, and I Bogarted it over one delicious summer in the late 90s. (I am way too obsessive/compulsive to have skipped the footnotes).<BR/><BR/>We are both mourning the passing of this gifted soul, and wondering how people manage to die from depression or heart attacks these days. It just seems so hard to do.schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814629149620724285noreply@blogger.com