"Honey, would you be bummed if you died before seeing a movie you were really looking forward to seeing?" I asked my wife.

Without so much as looking up from the magazine she was reading, she said, "Nope."

Obviously, my wife didn't grasp the importance of the question I had asked. Perhaps she needed more information to make an informed decision. I wanted to give her a few more details in hopes that they would make her see that this wasn't a matter to be taken so lightly.

"You mean to tell me, the thought of spending eternity not knowing what happened in a movie you desperately want to see doesn't bother you," I said.

"There's nothing I want to see bad enough that I would feel that way about it," she said. "I can think of plenty of things I would be upset about missing, but a movie isn't one of them, Vince."

Although she didn't say anything, I knew exactly what she was thinking - "Vince is having more of his weird thoughts."

You may as well know that my wife believes I have weird thoughts. I like to think of my thoughts as out of the ordinary or maybe even unique. Unlike my wife, I have never thought of them as weird. This, of course, explains why I had no problem walking out of the office, where I had been watching movie trailers online, and into the family room as soon as the thought popped into my head.

While I hadn't told her that the movie I desperately wanted to see was Star Trek (slated for release in May 2009), I thought she was being a tad bit insensitive to my concern about spending all of eternity wondering, among other things, if the guy who plays Sylar on Heroes can pull off playing Spock.

"I would hate to spend eternity not knowing how the new Star Trek movie turned out," I said. "Isn't there something you want to see?"

"I want to see my kids go on their first dates, graduate from college, and get married. I want to know what it's like to hold a grandchild of my own," my wife said.

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, I hated her guts. My wife has a knack for bringing up things that make me appear shallow. And it didn't get any better than mentioning our kids and future grandkids as opposed to wanting to see a movie.

"Don't get me wrong, I want to experience all the things you mentioned. I want to be called granddaddy by some little kid, but I would be bummed if I arrived in heaven and had not seen the new Star Trek."

"Considering the alternative to heaven, I think arriving there without seeing that movie would be a small price to pay," she said.

"If I go before the movie is released, when you arrived, will you tell me all about it?" I asked, hoping to be reassured that I'd at least know what happens in the movie.

My wife pulled her magazine up so it covered her face. I suspect she was rolling her eyes, or maybe laughing at me. Like my kids, she's into Star Wars. After a moment of silence, my wife said, "You have nothing to worry about."

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

"Vince, I predict you'll live long and prosper."

"I'm being serious here," I told her.

"I know you are," she replied.

"Well, will you watch the movie numerous times so you can tell me about it as soon as you arrive in heaven?" I asked.

After seeing I was dead serious, she said, "Sure, I'll be able to quote every line of dialogue from the movie."

Instead of being satisfied that I was covered in case I don't live long and prosper, another thought popped into my head. I turned to my wife and asked, "Do you think heaven has all the technology we have on Earth? Do they have movie theaters with THX, large screens, and good popcorn? Do they have access to all the movies ever made?"

My wife looked at me, but didn't say a word. I knew what she was thinking.