'Dear Mr. Vonnegut'

It's getting close to the one-year anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, and I'm still sad. Cynical-C eases the pain with a nice link to a few "Dear Mr. Vonnegut" columns he wrote in 2004 for In These Times.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I have not so much a comment or a question for you, but rather a request: Please tell me it will all be OK.

Joe Cararie
Pittsburgh

Dear Joe,
Welcome to Earth, young man. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, Joe, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of: Goddamn it, Joe, you’ve got to be kind!
Kurt