http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/corinne+barringer/default.aspxTags: corinne barringerenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/01/30/hand-made-dead-bug-funeral-kit.aspxWed, 30 Jan 2008 19:25:00 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:67965Aaron Burgess2http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=67965http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/01/30/hand-made-dead-bug-funeral-kit.aspx#comments<p><a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/deadbugfuneralkit.jpg"><img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/deadbugfuneralkit.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><p>Outside of the obvious -- toss it with yesterday&#39;s trash -- what to do with a pet bug when the little critter&#39;s time is up? Well, you could send it off properly with this hand-made <a href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/bugkit.html" target="_blank">Dead Bug Funeral Kit</a> ($20), which, without a hint of irony or cynicism, includes a casket, a grave marker, a white clay flower, a burial scroll, and a pouch of grass seed for regenerating the burial spot.</p> <p><a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/deadbugfuneralkit-2.jpg"></a><a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/deadbugfuneralkit-3.jpg"><img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/deadbugfuneralkit-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p> <p>And because someone&#39;s going to need to officiate, the kit also comes with a beautifully illustrated, 32-page <i>Buggy Book of Eulogies</i>. I hate beetles like Indiana Jones hates snakes, but doggone it if this didn&#39;t make me tear up:</p><p><a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/Buggy%20Book2%20copy.jpg"><img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/Buggy%20Book2%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=67965" width="1" height="1">handmadehand madedead bug funeral kitcorinne barringerdavid barringerpet bugsdealing with loss