Goodbye My Friend, It's Hard To Die

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	From: nebris	Date: January 13th, 2011 11:20 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

xoxox
~M~

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	From: audacian	Date: January 13th, 2011 11:23 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

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	From: underlankers	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:07 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Damn. :-(.

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	From: acelightning	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:09 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Shit fuck piss goddam.

I still have the Tacky Tiki souvenirs from last year's Labor Day barbecue adorning my computer. New Jersey is a long state, and Ed lived just far enough away that we couldn't visit very often, but I always went to his Labor Day barbecue.

Dammit, Ed, you could have called me! (Or a dozen other people all over the country.)

My heart goes out to his longtime partner John...

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	From: nitroglycol	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:12 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Very sorry to hear this. :(

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	From: padiwack	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:46 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

How very sad. My deepest sympathies.

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	From: happygophucky	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:48 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

my condolances.... :(

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	From: nova_42	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:50 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

wow, his last statement really hit home. I can identify so much.

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	From: elegantenigma	Date: January 13th, 2011 01:58 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am very sorry to hear this.

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	From: lincard	Date: January 13th, 2011 02:07 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I had the good fortune to meet him in person once, back in 2002 when we hooked up with Ginny at her radio station at the time - like an AT mini-squick.

Neat guy, and it has been great to be able to keep up with him still via here. Now he's gone...

Oh Ed :-(

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	From: jblaque	Date: January 14th, 2011 11:12 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Great pics, Sanchez. Thanks. :)

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	From: jblaque	Date: January 15th, 2011 04:47 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

I like to think of you as Sanchez (i.e. married)... More fun chasing your tail that way, Otte. ;)

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	From: lincard	Date: January 16th, 2011 08:34 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Good times, fond memories :-)

Who is going to chase hot driver ass at the race-way in an attempt to kiss their boo-boo's now? :-(

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	From: wobblerlorri	Date: January 13th, 2011 02:09 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Oh Ed. I'm going to miss you. Shit. I wish this was "It's A Wonderful Life" so he could see that so many people do miss him, and his going HAS left a huge hole.

Clarence, where the fuck are you when we need you....

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	From: bebo_65	Date: January 13th, 2011 02:42 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I'm still stunned. I keep thinking it's just a bad dream.

Rest in peace, Ed. Big hugs to those that knew him and loved him.

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	From: chessdev	Date: January 13th, 2011 02:51 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Very sorry to hear this. Condolences to his family, and to you... 8-(

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	From: normalcyispasse	Date: January 13th, 2011 04:09 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Oh god. My sympathies.

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	From: sterlingspider	Date: January 13th, 2011 04:15 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

There are very few people I really like, much less ones who I like so instantly and unabashedly. Ed was someone I was truly looking forward to becoming an old friend.

He was a really special person.

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	From: lenfant_de_jeu	Date: January 13th, 2011 04:26 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am sorry for you, his friends and his family.

*hugs*

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	From: m_fallenangel	Date: January 13th, 2011 04:32 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I'll say here the same thing I said to SBG. Gods. Fucking. Damn it.
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he was one of my favorite commenters, and a damn fine human being. It's bothersome in the extreme when the good guys take themselves off the count.

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	From: kokopopo	Date: January 13th, 2011 04:57 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Very sad to hear. I hope he has found peace.

The passage you quote are lyrics from a Dead Kennedys song, but obviously he felt they spoke to him.

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	From: amyfarrahfowler	Date: January 13th, 2011 05:21 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am so saddened by this. I wish he had reached out to someone, anyone, and we could have prevented it.

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	From: nurzrachet	Date: January 13th, 2011 05:50 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I can't believe this. Whatever caused the impulse, I hope he is at peace.

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From: jdack	Date: January 13th, 2011 06:28 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I didn't know him but I'm very sorry to hear :/

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	From: set_me_on_fire	Date: January 13th, 2011 06:35 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am so sorry. All my love to you, and all of his friends and love ones.

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	From: cakmpls	Date: January 13th, 2011 06:38 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am very sorry for your loss of your friend.

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	From: tragedy_thrills	Date: January 13th, 2011 06:42 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am sorry for your loss.

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	From: dwer	Date: January 13th, 2011 07:19 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I didn't know him, but it seems he was a good friend to a lot of the people I'm friends with, so I probably would have liked him a lot. I'm sorry for your loss.

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	From: kierthos	Date: January 13th, 2011 08:15 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

.... fuck.

Never met him, but still....

Goddamnit.

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	From: prodigal_lawyer	Date: January 13th, 2011 08:28 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Don't know what to say. Sorry for those left behind.

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	From: smrtgrip	Date: January 13th, 2011 09:16 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I'm just catching up on this now, fuck. I didn't know Ed really well but he's been a fixture in my online circle for over a decade and I considered him a friend. I know many of you A.T. old guard were closer with him irl and if the shock and profound sadness I'm feeling right now are any indicator how you are feeling, I can't imagine. I was >this< close to to driving down from Toronto to attend the Philly Squickfest back a bunch of years ago... now he's gone and made me really wish I had.

Dammit Ed!

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	From: ygrii_blop	Date: January 13th, 2011 10:45 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

It's a funny kinda thing... I never met him and I only knew him online. For a long time I only knew him as "emt420"... but y'know.... I'm kinda fucked up over this....

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	From: guinnevere_b	Date: January 13th, 2011 11:32 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I'm so sorry, Jon.

It always seems to blindside the friends of someone who ends his own life. Most of them didn't even know the person was hurting. A friend of mine deliberately o.d.ed on Tylenol about seven years ago after a really bad day. No one saw that coming.

The last time I did see her, though, she was smiling and laughing and we were paddling in the water at the beach. That is how I always remember her, and it comforts me. Can't help wishing she'd called for help, to talk it out and find a way not to do it, but sometimes all a person wants is peace.

I really hope your friend...and mine...are in a better place, or wrapped in sweet oblivion at least; no more pain.

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	From: plantmom	Date: January 14th, 2011 12:52 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Jon, this person's thoughts most closely echo my own.
No more pain.
But I'm sorry for YOUR pain, Jon.

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	From: jblaque	Date: January 14th, 2011 11:05 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

You guys are terrific. Thank you.

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	From: jblaque	Date: January 14th, 2011 11:06 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I'm still chasing down the motherfucker that stiffed Nurzy 10 years ago.

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	From: jblaque	Date: January 17th, 2011 12:51 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

O_o

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