Laserlight: Funeral rights

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

When I die, cremate the body and put the ashes in a vase. I think I've urned it.

MarmaladePam said...: Ohh my gosh.
Did you make that up yourself? hehe; September 16, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Anonymous said...: With that comment, there is no doubt you have set yourself up of deserving of some form of combustion, though perhaps pre-expiry rather than post.

I went to my first inurnment (interment of an urn, apparently) on Friday. It was a good little memorial service and the cemetary was picturesque - rolling hilly bits, winding paths, lots of granite monuments, and a lot of history. My friend's mother was buried within a short stone's throw from Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada's first Prime Minister.

I still want a tree planted on me. If I was to get a monument, I'd want them to be able to carve a numerically-marked isocehedron for the top of the monument. I think the inscription would read "Aw, crap. It's a 1. Failed that save...."

The other thought was, if making a last speech DVD for after you are gone, what would you say?

My friend Doug suggested it would start with "Derek, stop poking people..."

It would be fun to be able to say some things to people once I was too dead to be bashful about it.; September 21, 2010 at 1:53 AM

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