Elizabeth Fournier, ALL MEN ARE CREMATED EQUAL author, green mortician: Mr. Media Radio Interview

I have a particular weakness for men and women with stories of dates gone horribly wrong. And I think I’m already on record as having a general weakness for all kinds of women.

Add that to the fact I frequently like to help new authors, and how could I say no to Elizabeth Fournier, who has written the ticklish new book, All Men Are Cremated Equal: My 77 Blind Dates.

Besides amusing us with psycho-social encounters, Elizabeth brings an extra dimension to her story thanks to her vocation: she’s mortician.

She is also the voice of the autopsy exhibit in the forensic wing at the United States National Museum of Medicine.

Oh, did I mention she lives in a boring little town—Boring, Oregon. And because of that, she’s become a reality TV star on MySpace known as The Green Reaper. More about that, later.

And here’s a spoiler alert: there’s a happy ending to her book.

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Older folks are reconnecting with friends, family online — now it's your turn (st. Petersburg Times)

Grandparents Bob and Karen Jodal of Seminole and great-grandmother Pat Gloeckner wouldn’t miss this birthday: Little Paige turned 1 in Dallas on April 4 and they shared in the celebration with family, including Paige’s mom and dad, Jen and Scott Taylor, using Skype for video, visible on their television, right, as well as on their computer.

[CHRIS ZUPPA | Times]

By Bob Andelman

Special to the Times
In Print: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Mom's putting the birthday girl's highchair in place. Nervous excitement buzzes with the growing chatter of two dozen children and adults.

Redheaded Paige is plopped into her seat, grinning broadly, ready to be the center of attention on her first birthday.

And she is, across a thousand miles and two living rooms.

As Paige is served a chunk of pink frosted birthday cake as big as her head and everybody sings Happy Birthday in Dallas, her grandparents and great-grandmother in Seminole are part of the fun and can be seen and heard in Texas, singing along.

Paige giggles and grabs her cake with both hands, delightedly smearing her face.

Bob Jodal, 60, his wife, Karen, 59, and her 84-year-old mother, Pat Gloeckner, shared in this family milestone this month, keeping in touch with remarkable technology that's not limited to kids anymore. They use Skype, an easy-to-use online video conference service that has enriched their lives.

Technology can only do so much, though. Paige's father, Scott Taylor, is so tall that he is seen only as a yellow shirt in the computer monitor. And there's the matter of that cake.

"Hey, Jen," Bob asks his daughter and Paige's mom, "would you have Scott fax us a piece of cake?"

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