Not-So-Newbie

Hey kids, I'm new to the site, but not to the dead dad thing...mine up and died in 1993 after a dramatically long 13 year battle with cancer! Ewww...anyway, it was tragic (as most dead dad deaths are), and I'm scarred for life as a result! My dead dad has affected everything, from my career choice to my sex life, and I'm sure it's not going to go away any time soon (much to the dismay of my man).

One interesting note is that my dead dad died on Christmas Day 1993 (isn't that a hoot!), and just as a little icing on the cake, my family thought it would be great to videotape the funeral! So anytime you want to come over, fire up the popcorn, and dig out a VCR, I've got a VHS that you just can't WAIT to see! It includes a touching, yet loooong, eulogy from my dead dad's long lost brother.

Maybe I'll think about posting a clip here, if I ever get it transferred to DVD...

Two New Links for You

First of all, did you know that there's a book called The Dead Fathers Club? It's fairly new. I can't help but wonder if perhaps a working title was The Dead Dads Club, until the author came across this site. A girl can dream, right?

And this just popped up on my google alert. It cites the Dead Dads Club mentioned on Gray's Anatomy. Except for how she doesn't understand the use of apostrophes in possessives. See, it's not a club where dead dads get together...

Happy birthday?

Or is it?

As my birthday approaches (it's on Friday), I miss my dad more than I have all year. Even started crying at work today when someone brought up the topic. Time heals all wounds, and all that crap are true, but it doesn't make birthdays seem any easier to get through.

DEAD DAD ART

After yesterday's news stories, I decided to get myself a google alert for "dead dad." There are a few stories here and there, but there was a really interesting one from a few weeks ago. Some guy sculpted a naked, prone, realistic-looking dead dad. And here I thought eeka and I were messed up with the Sanddad.

OH NO YOU DON'T

Keith Richards, you can't take that back once you've said it! I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!

It's a banner news day for dead dads!

I don't know what's more messed up: turning your dad into a diamond or snorting him.

Woman loses battle to turn dead dad into diamond

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman's plan to turn her dead father's ashes into a diamond was thwarted Tuesday by her grandmother.


(Oops, sorry, did I just republish your Reuters content without prior written consent?)