Scenes From a Funeral
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Listening in on one’s own funeral can be good for the ego. Tom Sawyer, whose preadolescent life had no lack of high points, called it “the proudest moment of his life.” The attention and kind words sure are nice, but how do you spend the remaining decades of your life? Especially when folks start grabbing at your padded bra?
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