My uncle was a funeral director for years. We've had a lot of interesting discussions around the dinner table.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Dec 30, 2009 5:30:31 pm PST #28222 of 30001
Because books.
Jesse - Dec 30, 2009 5:33:43 pm PST #28223 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can imagine!
quester - Dec 30, 2009 5:33:45 pm PST #28224 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I missed the Fed chair or head or whatever. Too many of the names were familiar but I guessed wrong on who the current one was.
I have State Farm for my car and did have it for my renter's. They didn't drop me or raise my rates after there was a fire in my apartment.
Kat - Dec 30, 2009 5:34:17 pm PST #28225 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Other than telling the fam that he wants a military funeral and that we should stuff my mom ("like they did with Trigger!") and put her in the living room, my family doesn't really talk about what we should do if one of us dies.
(FTR, donate my organs if anyone will have them then cremate me please!)
In other news, I was on ice skates for the first time in 25 years. OH boy! FUN: [link] That's Noah not me. He has improved 100% from the first time. Which isn't saying much.
Amy - Dec 30, 2009 5:40:42 pm PST #28226 of 30001
Because books.
In other news, I was on ice skates for the first time in 25 years.
Sara would love to try ice skating, but it has to be something she does with daddy -- I can't even stand up on ice skates or roller skates, which infuriates me.
Connie Neil - Dec 30, 2009 5:41:37 pm PST #28227 of 30001
brillig
The family funeral home--I think we're related to them, and it's the place everyone I know has been buried from--has not changed its decor one iota from when I was a kid. When I stepped in there for Mother's funeral last year, it was another spin in the time warp of how my home town has not changed in nearly 30 years. I wonder if it's supposed to be comforting. Or just "If it's not broke, don't fix it."
tommyrot - Dec 30, 2009 5:42:08 pm PST #28228 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Could a Conjoined Twin Get Away With Murder?
Law student Nick Kam has written a paper exploring a hypothetical legal scenario: from a set of conjoined twins, one commits a murder. Since justly punishing one requires unjustly punishing the other, would the guilty party escape punishment?
More here: [link]
And ION: Star Trek Wetsuits
Cashmere - Dec 30, 2009 5:42:52 pm PST #28229 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
When I was in Workers' Comp, I handled the Ohio Funeral Directors' trade association. Their conventions were wild. They partied. A lot.
DavidS - Dec 30, 2009 5:43:01 pm PST #28230 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Perhaps it is some small comfort to Qi that even now someone shudders over her fate.
I started to work out a story/narrative to relieve her suffering/offer some kind of revenge because I just couldn't let it be.
Her fate actually influences later succession in the Han dynasty several generations on. Somebody points out that an aspirant to the throne could be as bad as Empress Dowager Lu and all the concubines could suffer Qi's fate, and consequently a series of machinations begin to bring another Empress to the crown.
Empress Dowager Lu also tortured Han Xin to death - the military genius responsible for the foundation of the Han Dynasty.
Kat - Dec 30, 2009 5:45:10 pm PST #28231 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sara would love to try ice skating, but it has to be something she does with daddy -- I can't even stand up on ice skates or roller skates, which infuriates me.
Amy, I had more than a few Bambi moments. And I hugged the boards for a bit. But at some point, I was able to hold Noah's hands and we could skate along. K is an amazing skater but she's played hockey for over 25 years.