tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post114726715544764660..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: Book Review: The Undertakingsagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1147366988273630442006-05-11T13:03:00.000-04:002006-05-11T13:03:00.000-04:00Sounds like there's a lot of us who prefer creamat...Sounds like there's a lot of us who prefer creamation (myself included). Although the point that he's making is that the funeral is for the survivors to have closure. Lynch suggests there is value in sticking by the grave as the dirt goes in or being at the creamation--which I like--often they wait till people leave to lower the casket and I leave feeling like something was left undone. <BR/><BR/>Out in Nevada, at a burial I heard about, friends pulled out bottles, took a swig and then drop the bottle into the grave... another interesting custom.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1147350753783186912006-05-11T08:32:00.000-04:002006-05-11T08:32:00.000-04:00I swear he looks like Jack Nicholson.I like Ed's i...I swear he looks like Jack Nicholson.<BR/><BR/>I like Ed's idea, and I have told mr. kenju that is what I want as well.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1147342729493143212006-05-11T06:18:00.000-04:002006-05-11T06:18:00.000-04:00Definitely my kind of book...thanks for the review...Definitely my kind of book...thanks for the review. And I couldn't agree more with Ed :)Daydreamer of Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252522799288629118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1147314996240161172006-05-10T22:36:00.000-04:002006-05-10T22:36:00.000-04:00That sounds like a stimulating book. Thanks for sh...That sounds like a stimulating book. Thanks for sharing your review of it.Tim Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305530681191503858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1147283310291857582006-05-10T13:48:00.000-04:002006-05-10T13:48:00.000-04:00That's a great joke and Thomas Lynch seems like a ...That's a great joke and Thomas Lynch seems like a unique writer we should all experience.<BR/><BR/>Great book review post.vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308061674357594371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-1147277083876325232006-05-10T12:04:00.000-04:002006-05-10T12:04:00.000-04:00When I go, I just want to be cremated, have a quic...When I go, I just want to be cremated, have a quick service over the ashes and then have everyone go out and have a big barbeque party to send me off in style. Later at their convenience, those people who inherited my ashes can take me to a few chosen select spots at their convenience and scatter me around. I haven't lost too many relatives thanks to great genetics but when my only grandfather to pass away did so, we buried him in the rain (which during the drought that we in was a godsend for the crops) and then went to a local restaurant for a family reunion and to laugh together. Memories are so much better when you laugh over them instead of cry.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com