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If I should die, please throw a wake,
And serve top shelf, for goodness sake.
And when this atheist is dead,
Forgo the prayers, tell jokes instead.
Donate my organs, if it's expedient
As Iron Chef America's mystery ingredient.
I only ask that when I'm gone,
Please keep those damn kids off my lawn.
The one thing facebook does well for me is keep me apprised of events. Ticket discounts this night only, for example. There is a fine line between an obit telling me someone passed away and when their services are (ok), vs. the things that turn attention away from the deceased towards the poster. "I'm falling to peices, I can't believe I've lost _____, I remember when _____, please share your memories and prayers." Not. Ok. Squicky.
I'm kind of hoping that by that time I'm ready to die (ie not right now) we'll be able to upload our brains to the Internet. Hell would be being confined to Facebook.