[molson]

I come from a family of Lutheran pastors, including my father, and somehow we never ended up with a family bible. I feel kind of cheated.

I think my father's prized spiritual possession is his death book, where he has recorded the dates of death of everyone he knew (including pets), since the 50s. We're emotionally distant New Englanders who don't talk about such things, but I'll write his name in it when the time comes, I think he'd like that.