He often said he had to be a writer because he wasn't good at anything else. He was not good at being an employee. Back in the mid-1950s, he was employed by Sports Illustrated, briefly. He reported to work, was asked to write a short piece on a racehorse that had jumped over a fence and tried to run away. Kurt stared at the blank piece of paper all morning and then typed, "The horse jumped over the fucking fence," and walked out, self-employed again.
I looked in the SI Vault and couldn't find anything written by Vonnegut, but this anecdote is reported widely around the web.
Maybe there will be more evidence at the memorial library opening soon in Indy.
1. Print Brigade, or PRBR, has got just what you need for your body. That is, if you like wearing good looking T Shirts. (If you don't believe me because they're friends, would you believe Thrillist?)
2. Family Dinner for One, or FDF1, has got just what you need for your body. That is, if you like wearing good looking T Shirts. (If you don't believe me because they're acquaintances, would you believe The Boston Globe?)
Both places have several designs, so if you don't like bicycles or kittens, you can still have fun.
I didn't realize last week that the zombie food chain shirt was made by Olly Moss, the guy who made the "Spoilt" T shirt with all the movie spoilers on it. He's good.
In the Esquire article about Roger Ebert a few weeks back, Ebert mentioned his interview interview with Lee Marvin as one of his favorites, and now they've republished it online.
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