Comments on: Putting the ‘fun’ in funeral

By: AvivA-Lynn

AvivA-Lynn — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:25:14 +0000

Hello, dear, this is you newest fan, AvivA-Lynn

Your brother Todd might say that I have been Heavenly sent to clarify an issue for you. It pertains to an old post in which you ponder the wisdom of the phrase “It is all in your head” as opposed to your proposed “It is all in you ass”. You state the only place worse for ANYTHING than your head is your ass. Having had serious debilitating mental illness and serious debilitating bowel disease, on this topic I am an expert of sort:- an infallible one. In order to solve this mystery inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, as to which is actually worse, I must first preface with a vignette. When my nephew was a young boy he asked his Grandma “Which is WORSER (not a typo) a hornet or a bee?” To apply that query to our subject matter, I can answer that they are definitely BOTH worser. Now it would appear we have a tie, but bringing the wisdom of an expert- I can give you absolute truth- the ultimate answer as to which is worser: having the upper part of your body brutally attacked or the lower part of your body brutally attacked is this: (and had you delved a bit deeper into the topic Carrie, with your wonderful intelligence, I am sure you would have been able to ascertain this all on you own- like your achievement in tongue piercing…)the one that is certainly worser is the one HAPPENING AT THAT VERY MOMENT, I was not able to clear this up for you in a timely fashion because I just discovered your blog two days ago

By your way of counting, bowel disease and mental illness would make two problems, but my list is so long (my shrink says I have enough problems for an entire village) that at any given time, whilst enumerating the damning litany, I am likely to FORGET TWO.

I have much to tell you that might well interest you, like I too had a young love with a boy who is now an Orthodox Rabbi living in Israel with his wife and nine kids! An instance of “Really, you too?” and how often does that happen when you tell this story?

Carrie I wish you all that is good…

By: MARCO PACHETTI

MARCO PACHETTI — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:58:34 +0000

your blog is fantastic carrie;)

By: Sue Ann Richards

Sue Ann Richards — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:28:53 +0000

Dear Carrie: Gosh, I HOPE you are able to get and read this, as I am all BUT computer illiterate! (And UNashamed too!!) And as I don’t have your personal e-mail address, it is my hope – AND prayer – (yes, I am actually praying now!) that SOMEone, someHOW, will forward this to you, and that you may take pity upon another fellow “depressive” and respondez-vous?…I have been battling depression for nearly AS many years as I’ve been alive, (I won’t even TELL you how long THAT is!) and am considering taking the dive to Electric C/S Therapy as none of the meds I’ve tried have really helped. But I’m scarrrrrred, downright AFRAID, and would so appreciate any insight you might be able to give me? I think you’re great! Thanks for being the voice (or voicES) for the entertaining AS WELL AS the torture of depression. Little old ME, here in beautiful downtown Derwood, Maryland, have found inspiration and solace in your candor and humor. Sue Ann

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:00:06 +0000

Dad jokes!

By: peajaye

peajaye — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:22:25 +0000

i started writing my comment to this post back in january, but kept changing it until it was perfect. trouble is, i edited it down to nothing. so now it’s perfect. but it’s also nothing.

By: random

random — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:28:44 +0000

I drafted my dissertation in a series of spiral notebooks with constant reworking, scribbling, doodling, etc.
I don’t mind the editing so much, but I’d hate not having everything written down for me to go back & look at.
The delete button is a little too permanent since my brainstorms don’t happen in convenient order.
Good to know I’m not the only one who drafts this way.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:19:48 +0000

First of all I got to congratulate you on your web page and blog. It is rare to see a celebrity sharing their life with the public this way. I have always been a fan of yours and every time, over the many years, that I have checked you up on the web, I have been mainly disported at what I found. I hope you will continue to make the time to share your life with us and others. The world we live in needs more sharing.

I also am a story teller. Will I would like to be. I have loads of stories in my head going back as far as I could remember. New ones added all the time. I just recently started writing them down. I like the experience and I can write towns in a short time. But I am not a writer and I always HATED to edit my work. My school teachers, ages ago, use to try and encourage me to proofread my work, but for the most part they were not successful Both in high school and college, I had teachers who liked my writing but were always at me to edit my work before turning it in. I have changed little over the years and I still HATE to edit. I can write a book in three weeks, and then I let it sit for years, slowly going over it and editing it. I got to force myself to. Oh well I keep telling myself am not a writer. But now I see even a real writer, and even someone who has been a script doctor and who I always thought was good at writing dialogue, can also hate editing. It is good to know there are other people who write that hate editing as much as me

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:34:04 +0000

Too funny! One of my clients manages a funeral home and uses that line all the time. I actually made them a banner for their Christmas party last year that said “We put the fun in funeral” on it.

By: William Gallagher

William Gallagher — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:28:23 +0000

You’ve got a wonderful voice that is joyously welcoming and including: if the price of writing with such verve is that it takes you a long time, I’m quite okay with that. Aren’t I a peach?

Well, yes, I am. Definitely. I’ve decided I wouldn’t kill to write like you.

Though I might maim.

William

By: m3ng

m3ng — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:42:33 +0000

Carrie,

You are hilarious. I love your sense of humor and writing style! I’m eternally in debt for whoever’s link I clicked to end up on your blog…if I can ever remember who it was!

Can’t wait to read more. I’ll have to check out your book, too.