The House has adopted and referred to the Senate House Resolution 69, authored by Reps. Bauer and Porter which is a very nice tribute to the late Kurt Vonnegut. The resolution was drafted by DI-69, meaning the Legislative Service Agency’s highly accomplished counselor and Kurt Vonnegut afficianado, Tim Tyler, Esq. It has a summary of his history and accomplishments and concludes:
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana the Senate concurring:
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly acknowledges the accomplishments of Indianapolis native son and Hoosier legend Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. as a major figure in English literature for more than half a century and a grandmaster of contemporary American letters.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the family of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. And so it goes*
*And* so it goes?
“And so it goes” is a combination of “And so on” from Breakfast of Champions (and, to a lesser extent, Slaughterhouse-Five) and “So it goes” from SH-5. When this was originally drafted, KV was still alive and it was supposed to be presented to him at Clowes on April 27. Kilgore’s thinking was that since “So it goes” is used after someone dies in SH-5, it might be a bit awkward to put “So it goes” at the end of a resolution for a living person. So, the resolution used to end with “And so on*”. But, then KV passed. So it goes.
Understood. Thank you.