The Game Of Technology (With Some Chess Thrown In)

[travellingzinda]

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1155

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1064

Lots of technology, but still no true World Championship match after 5 years.

Comments

[peztwinkie]

Tom,

I want to say so much...
But it's too late.

I wish you weren't so damn stubborn to ask for help. I wish, I wish, I wish...

I'm happy that I was able to give you a hug before I left. And so grateful that you were able to receive it.

You thought you were bad at tennis, but you weren't. You kicked my ass. AND you taught me a lot about the game.

Your smart-ass ways will be missed.

You were loved by many, Tom. Please know this...

[lilwilly]

I know that if you were here you would probably find it ridiculous of me posting in a dead person's journal. I suppose you and I would just agree that it, like prayer, is just a form of catharsis and nothing more. Nonetheless I feel compelled to do it.

I miss you Tom. I cried a lot when I heard of your death. I hoped to one day meet you and I have little doubt that if we had lived closer together that we'd be pretty good, if not best, friends. You'd be the perfect sort of guy to hang out with. Intellectual enough to discuss philosophy, politics, psychology, or whatever the fuck we wanted, yet also cool and laid back enough to simply throw back a few beers and talk about chicks, sex, and sports. I had a great deal of respect for you and I saw a lot of myself in you believe it or not. I don't know if you knew any of this but I always respected your opinion on things.

I'm glad to hear that you at least considered yourself to have lived a good life... I only wish, and I'm not alone here, that it had been longer.

Re: just brings up more questions but atleast I have more details into what happened

[missy128]

You keep saying "Tom didn't seem like the guy who"... are you saying that he seemed like a guy who would commit suicide? You do not know what was going through his mind and it will only drive you insane if you try. As for the real America question, The Real America is the title of Glenn Beck's new book that will be out at the end of the month. Both Tom and I loved listening to Glenn on talk radio. Tom's passing has been hard on me too. I hope you talk to someone about how you are feeling.

bye, tom

[anonymous]

i read your stuff from afar. never talked to you, never met you, you were a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend whose words i became hooked on. sometimes you were hysterical, sometimes i thought you were so off base, but you were always brilliant, always interesting, always worth listening to (or reading, as it were). i had a dream that i hugged you and begged you not to do this. i can't believe an "internet person" crept into my dreams, especially one i've never talked to or met or even planned on meeting. i think it's because you are special, wherever you are. what a beautiful person you seem to have been, in every way. i hope that your pain is over. god bless your family and friends. goodbye, tom.

Memorial

[godinshackles]

Rest in peace, friend.