AUBREEVISION - Observations from the far side of the dial

What's next? A TV ad for a local cemetery glowingly describes its notable occupants, "bilingual environment" and lush surroundings. This disturbs me. Call me crazy, but I always thought of death as the great leveller. Call me crazier, but I don't expect to give a toss for the poshness of my final resting place. Because you know what? Brace yourselves for the shocker: I'll be dead.

And one more thing: fancy caskets? Decaying in style? A big ol' waste o' cash. Get a plain pine box and leave the mother-of-pearl fund to charity. Return to the earth from whence you came and all that jazz.

Well now, that's all a bit morbid. Just some thoughts sparked by the aforementioned commercial...