Link Me Up, Scotty - Life and Death Edition

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Two Morticians Walk Into a Bar...

I've recently started reading the blog of one Caleb Wilde, a Funeral Director in Chester County, PA, who writes about death, dying, and grief in both a serious and humorous way.

I've always thought that being a funeral director would be an extremely satisfying job. After all, you're helping people through some of the worst times of their lives. I could never do it myself, though - while the idea of a dead body doesn't bother me, the idea of embalming does. It seems a very morbid and quite barbaric custom.

Not in a million years

Would I get into the Chamonix Skywalk's "Step into the Void" installation. Crap on a cracker.

And the wonders therein

The 2013 National Geographic Photography Contest is over, and the winners are in. So, so cool.

Resolutions that matter

Something worth thinking about - how making excuses for yourself and your life leads to misery. Or more succinctly - love is a verb.

Video of the Week

This is a cover of the song "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry, sung by the lovely Amanda Powers. Amanda is the daughter of long time reader, fellow UCFer, and good friend Shawn Powers, and she recorded this for me. Thank you, Amanda.


6 comments:

Bill Ward said...

Re. "Step into the void."
Seems like everywhere you go there are 'excursion helicopter rides' being offered. Probably would not be a big technical feat to build a chopper out of this material.
I'm been on dozens of helicopter rides but don't know how I would feel about one where you could see directly through the floor and walls.

Janiece said...

The problem with most "excursion helicopter rides" is that I don't have access to their preventive maintenance records.

OCD! OCD! OCD for you and me!

And being able to see through the bottom? Oh, HELL NO.

Stacey said...

I've thought of this song often and Amanda has done a lovely cover. Thanks for sharing and we should hear more of her.

I'll take a little anxiety and insomnia with my OCD please; the trifecta, if you will.

HELLNOCOPTER. That is all.

Anne C. said...

Well done, Amanda!

Janiece said...

Anne, she is kind of the bomb-diggity, isn't she?

Anne C. said...

She is. Raised right, that one. ;)