Comments for Letter Off Dead http://letteroffdead.com A correspondence between a live son and his dead dad. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:51:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on I’ve seen some horrors, Trevor. And I need to go see them again. by Joe http://letteroffdead.com/2010/02/i%e2%80%99ve-seen-some-horrors-trevor-and-i-need-to-go-see-them-again/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Joe Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:51:50 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=401#comment-593 .........let's have tomorrow today. ………let’s have tomorrow today.

]]> Comment on All blood and dirt and broken skin. by EJS http://letteroffdead.com/2009/12/all-blood-and-dirt-and-broken-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-289 EJS Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:17:01 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=302#comment-289 Good stuff TommyLlew, I just caught up with you (and Trev and his dad), and must tell you again...I truly appreciate, enjoy and admire you and your writing. Some of my more recent fav.'s : "Actually, she worked her way up to that smile, first with a downward glance, a wringing of her hands, a tucking of her red hair behind one ear. Then she looked up from beneath her bangs and stabbed me with that smile, right in the eyes." "She’d be there, just as sure as shoes would be on my feet or a collar would be on my shirt. It was an inevitability." "I figured she was my girl and pictured her decorating my side when I walked into a room." "Are there creatures other than girls who smile like that? Maybe crocodiles, but when they rip your heart out, they don’t hand it back in that gentle, bloody way." "Feeling acts more as a point of reference than an experience." "I suppose being forgotten is the great fear of all mothers. Or all parents." "I’ve known people that others called saints, but they generally only look that way from a distance. Once you get to know someone—anyone—up close, we’re all jerks." "If I could, I would declare today a holiday for you. A holiday from all your fear and all your worries." "If I could take your fear from you and carry it for you, I would. If I could take your burdens from you, I would carry them gladly. All the weight that bends you down, let it be mine to bear. Your burden bends you down. Let it be mine to bear." "He is former. In the present, he is nothing but sourness in size 48 pants." "Your quotes roll around in my mind like a bit of beach glass in the surf. Your words get less sharp and more luminous the more I think about them." "There’s nothing to take your mind off troubles like killing a few hundred zombies." "She has an answer to every question and she’s really good at focusing her chi." "I sat tenderly on his railing and asked him if he knew anything for certain." "That kind of truth is valuable and there’s less of it around than you may think. It reassures us. Gives us that pause, when we can exhale and get our feet back under ourselves." "You’ll love both the beauty of that moment and the predictability of its arrival." Some of your words hit me at just the right time, in just the right way that they are instant classics in my world...thanks for being so poetic ! LOD Fan, Mr. Eric J. Schneider Good stuff TommyLlew,
I just caught up with you (and Trev and his dad), and must tell you again…I truly appreciate, enjoy and admire you and your writing.

Some of my more recent fav.’s :

“Actually, she worked her way up to that smile, first with a downward glance, a wringing of her hands, a tucking of her red hair behind one ear. Then she looked up from beneath her bangs and stabbed me with that smile, right in the eyes.”

“She’d be there, just as sure as shoes would be on my feet or a collar would be on my shirt. It was an inevitability.”

“I figured she was my girl and pictured her decorating my side when I walked into a room.”

“Are there creatures other than girls who smile like that? Maybe crocodiles, but when they rip your heart out, they don’t hand it back in that gentle, bloody way.”

“Feeling acts more as a point of reference than an experience.”

“I suppose being forgotten is the great fear of all mothers. Or all parents.”

“I’ve known people that others called saints, but they generally only look that way from a distance. Once you get to know someone—anyone—up close, we’re all jerks.”

“If I could, I would declare today a holiday for you. A holiday from all your fear and all your worries.”

“If I could take your fear from you and carry it for you, I would. If I could take your burdens from you, I would carry them gladly. All the weight that bends you down, let it be mine to bear. Your burden bends you down. Let it be mine to bear.”

“He is former. In the present, he is nothing but sourness in size 48 pants.”

“Your quotes roll around in my mind like a bit of beach glass in the surf. Your words get less sharp and more luminous the more I think about them.”

“There’s nothing to take your mind off troubles like killing a few hundred zombies.”
“She has an answer to every question and she’s really good at focusing her chi.”

“I sat tenderly on his railing and asked him if he knew anything for certain.”

“That kind of truth is valuable and there’s less of it around than you may think. It reassures us. Gives us that pause, when we can exhale and get our feet back under ourselves.”

“You’ll love both the beauty of that moment and the predictability of its arrival.”

Some of your words hit me at just the right time, in just the right way that they are instant classics in my world…thanks for being so poetic !

LOD Fan,
Mr. Eric J. Schneider

]]> Comment on It feels a bit like witchcraft. by Ed http://letteroffdead.com/2009/12/it-feels-a-bit-like-witchcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Ed Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:16:09 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=289#comment-283 What is particularly great about this entry is Google's text-aware ads from internet-savvy witches. I usually read Letteroffdead from the RSS feed so I am sure I have missed some choice tie-ins. What is particularly great about this entry is Google’s text-aware ads from internet-savvy witches. I usually read Letteroffdead from the RSS feed so I am sure I have missed some choice tie-ins.

]]> Comment on It’s sweet and sour and leaves tiny seeds between your teeth. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/11/it%e2%80%99s-sweet-and-sour-and-leaves-tiny-seeds-between-your-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-280 admin Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:56:58 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=251#comment-280 Yeah, that's probably the fifth time I've done that. Dang it. Yeah, that’s probably the fifth time I’ve done that. Dang it.

]]> Comment on It’s sweet and sour and leaves tiny seeds between your teeth. by Mike Valentine http://letteroffdead.com/2009/11/it%e2%80%99s-sweet-and-sour-and-leaves-tiny-seeds-between-your-teeth/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Mike Valentine Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:38:19 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=251#comment-277 Ended this installment with "Your son, TOM"????? Ended this installment with “Your son,

TOM”?????

]]> Comment on Thanks for the boxing idea. Now I have a black eye to wear to school tomorrow. by Michelle http://letteroffdead.com/2009/11/thanks-for-the-boxing-idea-now-i-have-a-black-eye-to-wear-to-school-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Michelle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:56 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=243#comment-231 ha ha ha. Oh, poor Trevor. Maybe he can use the famous line, "you should see the other guy". ha ha ha. Oh, poor Trevor. Maybe he can use the famous line, “you should see the other guy”.

]]> Comment on Your burden bends you down. Let it be mine to bear. by Blythe Tellefsen http://letteroffdead.com/2009/11/your-burden-bends-you-down-let-it-be-mine-to-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Blythe Tellefsen Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:33:45 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=231#comment-222 Your **** stories are making me sad, dude. I keep remembering the first time I met Jan. We sat on the back steps of my "new" house. I told her I was 5. She told me she was 7. Then she told me that her dad had died. Your **** stories are making me sad, dude. I keep remembering the first time I met Jan. We sat on the back steps of my “new” house. I told her I was 5. She told me she was 7. Then she told me that her dad had died.

]]> Comment on These pills are the only real help I’ve gotten so far. by Blythe Tellefsen http://letteroffdead.com/2009/11/these-pills-are-the-only-real-help-i%e2%80%99ve-gotten-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Blythe Tellefsen Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:32:15 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=227#comment-221 "Cherry...flavored...antacids....."(The Great Cobain....) “Cherry…flavored…antacids…..”(The Great Cobain….)

]]> Comment on As you get older, you get more comfortable being uncomfortable. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/as-you-get-older-you-get-more-comfortable-being-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-183 admin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:45:03 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=179#comment-183 Thanks again for the kind words, Mr. Schneider. Thanks again for the kind words, Mr. Schneider.

]]> Comment on As you get older, you get more comfortable being uncomfortable. by EJS http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/as-you-get-older-you-get-more-comfortable-being-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-182 EJS Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:41:38 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=179#comment-182 Tom, Your writing has once again moved me...this time even to tears. The moment when the Dad has fallen asleep and Trevor's Mom let's herself go, just bawling uncontrollably. I all too easily pictured myself with Danielle at my side and I tell you, I was reminded once again that I better be living each day loving those around me and not wasting any precious time. Thank you for the inspirational reminder, intended or not. "-) ~ Eric Tom,

Your writing has once again moved me…this time even to tears. The moment when the Dad has fallen asleep and Trevor’s Mom let’s herself go, just bawling uncontrollably.

I all too easily pictured myself with Danielle at my side and I tell you, I was reminded once again that I better be living each day loving those around me and not wasting any precious time.

Thank you for the inspirational reminder, intended or not. “-)

~ Eric

]]> Comment on Women are more polite. More sweet, as they murder you. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/women-are-more-polite-more-sweet-as-they-murder-you/comment-page-1/#comment-177 admin Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:47:15 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=198#comment-177 The ads basically don't work at all. I'm using Google Adsense, but it does a mostly awful job connecting ads to the content. So far I've made a grand total of $8 in ad revenue, and hosting costs me $20 a month. Ah well. It's a heckuva fun project. The ads basically don’t work at all. I’m using Google Adsense, but it does a mostly awful job connecting ads to the content. So far I’ve made a grand total of $8 in ad revenue, and hosting costs me $20 a month. Ah well. It’s a heckuva fun project.

]]> Comment on Women are more polite. More sweet, as they murder you. by Erik http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/women-are-more-polite-more-sweet-as-they-murder-you/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Erik Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:25:30 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=198#comment-176 So I stayed up last night til midnight reading all of these - quite exciting. How do the ads work? I'm getting ticked they don't figure out the boat and the woods and the "fogland" and wonder how long it will drag on.....but it is kind of the exquisite drag on like Bruce Willis and Cybil Shephard in Moonlighting. So I stayed up last night til midnight reading all of these – quite exciting. How do the ads work? I’m getting ticked they don’t figure out the boat and the woods and the “fogland” and wonder how long it will drag on…..but it is kind of the exquisite drag on like Bruce Willis and Cybil Shephard in Moonlighting.

]]> Comment on Mrs. Fletcher, Math Troll by Erik http://letteroffdead.com/2009/09/mrs-fletcher-math-troll/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Erik Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:18:05 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=66#comment-175 Hey - I have a friend on facebook called Brian Haase - I stuck this on his wall! Ha! Hey – I have a friend on facebook called Brian Haase – I stuck this on his wall! Ha!

]]> Comment on I’m definitely not resting in or on anyone’s bosom, Abraham or otherwise. by Michelle http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/i%e2%80%99m-definitely-not-resting-in-or-on-anyone%e2%80%99s-bosom-abraham-or-otherwise/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Michelle Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=187#comment-169 I always heard your after-life was what you expect. Those that believe in hell, get their own hell; those that think heaven is angels and wings, and think they deserve that - get that. Since I don't expect anything, maybe I'll end up in town... I always heard your after-life was what you expect. Those that believe in hell, get their own hell; those that think heaven is angels and wings, and think they deserve that – get that. Since I don’t expect anything, maybe I’ll end up in town…

]]> Comment on If you are slacking off, revel in the glorious idiocy of the game. by Luke Draeger http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/if-you-are-slacking-off-revel-in-the-glorious-idiocy-of-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Luke Draeger Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:09:40 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=168#comment-158 "I think that may be all that matters. That you play. That you jump in." -What a liberating way of thinking “I think that may be all that matters. That you play. That you jump in.”
-What a liberating way of thinking

]]> Comment on There are no calendars here. No clocks. No seasons. by Luke Draeger http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/there-are-no-calendars-here-no-clocks-no-seasons/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Luke Draeger Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:20:35 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=144#comment-145 I think that ship captain is going to give me nightmares. yikes! I think that ship captain is going to give me nightmares. yikes!

]]> Comment on There are no calendars here. No clocks. No seasons. by Michelle http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/there-are-no-calendars-here-no-clocks-no-seasons/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Michelle Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:46:10 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=144#comment-144 What wonderful & disturbing images. I am enjoying my peek into Trevor's life and his dad's post-life. What wonderful & disturbing images. I am enjoying my peek into Trevor’s life and his dad’s post-life.

]]> Comment on In case you haven’t figured this out yet, Letter Off Dead takes weekends off. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/in-case-you-havent-figured-this-out-yet-letter-off-dead-takes-weekends-off/comment-page-1/#comment-142 admin Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/in-case-you-havent-figured-this-out-yet-letter-off-dead-takes-weekends-off/#comment-142 You got it, sistah. Something like that. You got it, sistah. Something like that.

]]> Comment on In case you haven’t figured this out yet, Letter Off Dead takes weekends off. by Kaely Culbertson http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/in-case-you-havent-figured-this-out-yet-letter-off-dead-takes-weekends-off/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Kaely Culbertson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:13:48 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/in-case-you-havent-figured-this-out-yet-letter-off-dead-takes-weekends-off/#comment-141 Of course. No English class journal writing for Trevor on weekends! Of course. No English class journal writing for Trevor on weekends!

]]> Comment on The boat was called Violence. by EJS http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/the-boat-was-called-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-140 EJS Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:42:18 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=136#comment-140 I wandered in a bit of a daze into the Laughing Gull and Sung-Hee set me down and gave me a cup of her miserable coffee which was as bad then as it is now. Not bad enough to be interesting, but not good enough to be enjoyable. Some lines just turn something inside me just right...this is one of them. I really enjoy having a good writer for a good friend! ~ Eric I wandered in a bit of a daze into the Laughing Gull and Sung-Hee set me down and gave me a cup of her miserable coffee which was as bad then as it is now. Not bad enough to be interesting, but not good enough to be enjoyable.

Some lines just turn something inside me just right…this is one of them.

I really enjoy having a good writer for a good friend!

~ Eric

]]> Comment on On September 1, start eavesdropping on a different conversation. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/08/on-september-1-start-eavesdropping-on-a-different-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-137 admin Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:54:27 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=49#comment-137 Woah. Blythe. The neighbor girl with the glasses. Don't remember a ponytail. How the heck did you find this thing? Woah. Blythe. The neighbor girl with the glasses. Don’t remember a ponytail. How the heck did you find this thing?

]]> Comment on On September 1, start eavesdropping on a different conversation. by Blythe Tellefsen http://letteroffdead.com/2009/08/on-september-1-start-eavesdropping-on-a-different-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Blythe Tellefsen Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:21:04 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=49#comment-136 I think there need to be some postings about the neighbor girl who, if only she took off her glasses and let down her ponytail, would become worthy of dating Trevor. I think there need to be some postings about the neighbor girl who, if only she took off her glasses and let down her ponytail, would become worthy of dating Trevor.

]]> Comment on If that’s what French kissing is, I don’t think she’s doing it right. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/if-that%e2%80%99s-what-french-kissing-is-i-don%e2%80%99t-think-she%e2%80%99s-doing-it-right/comment-page-1/#comment-135 admin Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:56:44 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=119#comment-135 Thanks for the encouragement and comments, Mike! Glad to know you're following in your own way. Tom Thanks for the encouragement and comments, Mike! Glad to know you’re following in your own way.

Tom

]]> Comment on If that’s what French kissing is, I don’t think she’s doing it right. by Mike Valentine http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/if-that%e2%80%99s-what-french-kissing-is-i-don%e2%80%99t-think-she%e2%80%99s-doing-it-right/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Mike Valentine Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:50:10 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=119#comment-134 And also, I really think it's gotten better as you've gone along. Keep going! And also, I really think it’s gotten better as you’ve gone along. Keep going!

]]> Comment on If that’s what French kissing is, I don’t think she’s doing it right. by Mike Valentine http://letteroffdead.com/2009/10/if-that%e2%80%99s-what-french-kissing-is-i-don%e2%80%99t-think-she%e2%80%99s-doing-it-right/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Mike Valentine Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:43:33 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=119#comment-133 I haven't read these for a couple weeks and just caught up. I really enjoyed reading 2 weeks worth at once. I find Trevor very believable. And his dad and the "place" he's in interesting. Can't wait to find out more, ut I think I'll do it on Fridays to get a week at a time. I haven’t read these for a couple weeks and just caught up. I really enjoyed reading 2 weeks worth at once. I find Trevor very believable. And his dad and the “place” he’s in interesting. Can’t wait to find out more, ut I think I’ll do it on Fridays to get a week at a time.

]]> Comment on If I go to school, I’ll have to either kiss a girl, fight a guy, or both. by Deb http://letteroffdead.com/2009/09/if-i-go-to-school-i%e2%80%99ll-have-to-either-kiss-a-girl-fight-a-guy-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Deb Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:34:52 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=99#comment-128 OMG...this one is so funny! I am crying and laughing as I read them! OMG…this one is so funny! I am crying and laughing as I read them!

]]> Comment on Trevor’s dead dad writes back. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/09/trevors-dead-dad-writes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-94 admin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:17:55 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=101#comment-94 You're a wise man, Eric Schneider. You’re a wise man, Eric Schneider.

]]> Comment on Trevor’s dead dad writes back. by EJS http://letteroffdead.com/2009/09/trevors-dead-dad-writes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-93 EJS Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:12:51 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=101#comment-93 Honestly, I would not be as cavalier on the romance side of it. i.e. Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder "-) I would advise my son to not get too involved with the girl and that this is one area I wish I had waited on. Now, as far as the bully goes... Always be prepared to defend yourself and if necessary, take him out. Honestly, I would not be as cavalier on the romance side of it. i.e. Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder “-)

I would advise my son to not get too involved with the girl and that this is one area I wish I had waited on.

Now, as far as the bully goes…

Always be prepared to defend yourself and if necessary, take him out.

]]> Comment on Trevor’s dead dad writes back. by admin http://letteroffdead.com/2009/09/trevors-dead-dad-writes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-88 admin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:52:09 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=101#comment-88 Thanks, man. Here's a question for you. In a similar situaiton, what advice would you give to your own son? Thanks, man.

Here’s a question for you. In a similar situaiton, what advice would you give to your own son?

]]> Comment on Trevor’s dead dad writes back. by EJS http://letteroffdead.com/2009/09/trevors-dead-dad-writes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-86 EJS Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:33:44 +0000 http://letteroffdead.com/?p=101#comment-86 This is awesome...so well said/written! Way to go Tom. ~ Eric This is awesome…so well said/written! Way to go Tom.

~ Eric

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