FunnyLetters

BRETT ORTLER loves to write random letters. So far, he's written about eighty, and he's written everyone from President Obama and Mr. Clean to the Mars Science Laboratory and Ragnar, the mascot for the Minnesota Vikings. You can see them all (and responses) at The Nervous Breakdown (www.thenervousbreakdown.com) and www.brettsletters.com. His other creative work appears in Permafrost, Rattle, Redactions, The South Dakota Review, Nimrod and online at McSweeney’s, among other venues. Brett also blogs about parenting at www.thescreaminginfant.com