Who Writes This Stuff?
Sarcastic, occasionally witty ex-radio DJ/engineer and sardonic observer of life. Though mostly a practical realist, I sometimes see myself as a sensitive romantic dreamer. Other traits: easily amused; fond of tinkering with electronic objects, good food and small furry animals (not necessarily in that order); unable to leap tall buildings, in a single bound or otherwise; always a traveler, never a tourist; housebent, but not broken.
Previous Posts
- NBC's Brian Williams on new media
- More on internet radio
- My good buds in the Senate
- Random grocerocity
- Be sure to pack your bathing suit
- "To those who saved the world"
- It's new to me
- Return to "normal"
- My comic life
- Then and now


4 Comments:
At 5/07/2007 09:26:00 PM,
Daisy Martin said…
That may be wrong on so many levels, but what a deal!
At 5/07/2007 09:44:00 PM,
Sphincter said…
Yes. Yes it is wrong.
At 5/08/2007 01:56:00 AM,
Marie said…
is this for real??? a do-it-yourself casket? or is there a typo in there? :) :) in the end, dying isn't so expensive at all!!! for $ 14.95, one can die in style!!! what a life!!!!
At 5/08/2007 03:46:00 PM,
Mr. Toast said…
Yep, it's for real ... this was in a catalog from a company that sells high-quality tools and woodworking supplies to home craftsmen. Their customers are the kind of people who custom-build their own furniture and have a shop full of power tools and equipment worth five figures or more. Some of these guys take their hobbies pretty seriously.
I've been thinking about this since I posted it a couple of days ago, and if I really stretch my imagination, I guess I can see how building a casket for a departed close family member can indeed be the ultimate "personal touch". And I suppose a psychologist could make a case that doing so could help the survivor to deal with their grief. When someone close to you dies, you feel so helpless; but in this case, here's one small thing you can still have control over, and that labor of love might help bring closure and acceptance.
Nevertheless, I still think a do-it-yourself casket is pretty bizarre.
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