Anna's funeral

Anna's funeral was today. She pretty much planned the whole thing before she died -- she wanted it to be a party, rather than a particularly sad time. And I think she more-or-less succeeded.

I stuck around after the graveside service to see the casket lowered and covered.
( Sami, much of the rest of this deals with the ex you hate. So you may not want to read. )

So, I went back to the church, where they'd set up a bit of a shindig. They had deli platters and dozens of pizzas and shrimp cocktail and those roll-up sandwiches that they slice up and you buy by the platter, as well as a pretty impressive dessert table. And they had a laptop computer playing some songs Anna liked and showing a slideshow of family pictures that included her.

Another reposted comment; about vampires

So, over on weirdjews, someone asked the perennial question, "Do crosses work on Jewish vampires?"

Of course, several people pointed to Roman Polanski's movie, "The Fearless Vampire Killers", but after thinking about it, I came up with another answer:
( Oh a slightly more serious note: )