Convention

I'm going to go with number four today.

convention [kuhn-ven-shuhn]
noun

1. a large formal meeting or assembly, as of members, representatives, or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern.
2. a large meeting of people with a common interest, as in a particular recreational activity.
3. U.S. Politics., a representative party assembly to nominate candidates and adopt platforms and party rules.
4. a rule, method, or practice established by usage; custom.
5. general agreement or consent; accepted usage, especially as a standard of procedure.
6. accepted practice that has become removed from naturally occurring behavior; conventionalism.
7. a standard or customary device, structure, premise, style, etc., used in literature, music, or the arts.
8. an agreement, compact, or contract, such as an international agreement dealing with postal service or copyright.
   Synonyms: treaty, pact

The word comes to mind with some frequency. I fancy myself rather unconventional. I drive a stick shift vehicle in a city (mine is not a sports car). My hair is past my shoulders even though it's thinning and has quite the receding hairline. My home is over 100 years old. Oh, and I have an answering machine from Radio Shack.

I am at a point in life where I have to make plans for my worldly possessions once I am no longer in the world. I think I'd like my body parts to go to science. Recycle them into another human being. Or turn me into a cadaver for a nursing or medical program. If nothing fits or works, why not remove everything but the bones and hang me in a classroom as an articulated skeleton. No plastic can replace the genuine bone. And no two skeletons are alike.