Deadly Mistakes

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>When it comes to humor Americans are said to hold nothing sacred.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN><I>Deadly Mistakes:<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Real Obituaries Gone Amusingly Wrong</I> is an example of that sentiment.<SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Myriad Pro'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Myriad Pro'><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>Given our near obsession with fame and celebrity it should come as no surprise that ordinary people would go to extraordinary lengths to be considered noteworthy.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN><I>Deadly Mistakes </I>provides the evidence in the obituaries of the unfamous.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Average folks are remembered by family and friends in send-offs that unintentionally go off the rails in amusing and bizarre ways.<o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>What's to be said of someone whose family wants him to be remembered for inventing an electric pickle...that stinks?<o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>Of someone who not wanting to give up his love of uniforms became a campus police officer?<o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>Or of someone who achieved the mysterious title of Puissant Sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine?<o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>Plenty.<o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>All this and more is included in <I>Deadly Mistakes:<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Real Obituaries Gone Amusingly Wrong.</I><o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none>These obituaries have not been edited (except for length and to remove last names).<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>They stand on their own as commentary on the human need to find meaning in it all... somehow some way.<o:p></o:p></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.2in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none><I>Deadly Mistakes</I> should remind readers of one thing:<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>it's best to go out laughing.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Just ask the guy whose memorial service was held at Hammerhead's Bar just east of The Strip in Vegas.</P>