Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

So this is just one more example of how I lose time. I was working on NaNoWriMo, really, I was. I’m also fighting with a really nasty cold that just won’t let go, Alison had a sleepover, and blah blah blah.

So what do I get caught up in? I started finally editing photos from November 1st, All Saint’s Day, and end up posting to the other blog this photo of the Schoen’s Funeral Home clock/ advertisement that hangs over St. Patrick’s Cemetery.

How long does that take? 5 minutes? At most?

But then…but then. Then I start wondering, “Hey, is Schoen’s even still around? If it’s closed I should mention it.”

So I google it. Yep, it’s open! And it has its own website, how…ew! They have a ‘merchandise’ heading? What the hell does THAT mean?

Oh, no, you’re kidding! A video put out by a casket manufacturer to market to the bereaved. How very…classy.

What the hell is THAT thing in the video? Seriously? They have tacky corner cutouts where they’ll put “personalizations” in? to show what they were interested in? Like the jumping trout and screaming eagle they’ve chosen to highlight? And then you can remove them to put them in photo frames they conveniently sell?

Lord, I’ve never been so happy I’m being cremated.

But now I really want a copy of that video to put on here. Only it’s not embeddable, as far as I can tell. Time for more googling.

Nope, I can’t even ’save as’ and post it. Guess I’ll just have to put a link to the thing.

Hey, wait, what about YouTube? Oh…damn. This is even weirder.

Anyway, it’s shorter, and the kicker is right at the end. I won’t spoil it for you- it’s only 30 seconds long:

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how I lost an hour of my afternoon.

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