Every now and again, I’ll have a sobering thought. The kind of thought that makes the world go still, and the air turn cold, and the hair on the back of the neck stand up. Today’s thought struck me with mortal terror. In looking at a list of songs that Britons want played at their funerals, it occurred to me that someone might very well play James Blunt at my funeral. And knowing how important music is to me, and that I run this site, people might feel that I had chosen such a song. And then, as in this life, the afterlife would be full of people who wanted to mock me. Only this time, it would be for eternity… Yikes! And so, with an energy and an enthusiasm I wish I could feel when working on my dissertation, I resolved to put down a few thoughts on the subject. And since it’s a curious sort of subject, I thought I’d ask your opinion…