On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 19:17, Phil Stracchino wrote: > If[1], as and when I die, I want a wake, not a funeral. Funerals share > misery; wakes share happy memories. I feel the same way. I've never liked or much understood most funerals. At the very least, they should honor the dead, but too often they try to appease the living.