May 2011
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The Art of Dead
elephantsandgold:
The practice of embalming
Must add splendor to the tedium of death
The idea that something
Still
Is worth preserving
Tickles the heart-string
And rewinds
All our fatalistic inclinations.
To her,
it is not a dead art
but a ritual of life,
not to be disturbed by modern
sensibility nor contemporary
death denial.
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Mummification with Anubis →
I don’t even care that this was more than likely made for kids. It was pretty awesome.
euphoriaofputriddespoilment asked: If want to follow more blags, you may want to follow my blog. While I dont generally post anything about embalming we do seem to share an sppreciation for death and other morbid things. I have got like 50+ posts qued right now so I promise it will be updated. May I also say that I am a big fan of your blog?
Help me out?
So I am literally only following 29 blogs, this is insanity and most of them never update. So send me blogs I’ll love please!!
**EDIT** So I guessed at the number of people I was following..I was wrong, I am following 22 people.
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QR code graves give a “Memorial Window”
With all of the QR codes in Japan it takes a good concept to really make us notice it these days.
Memorial stone maker Ishinokoe (Voice of the Stone) of Yamanashi Prefecture will soon begin producing grave stones with QR codes embedded in them. They are calling the concept Kuyou no Mado, roughly meaning “Memorial Service Window”, as visitors can scan the code with their mobiles and get...
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mortuarybliss asked: Your blog is breath-taking. I've wanted to be a Funeral Director for years. No one's really ever understood, so it's nice to know that I'm not alone. Thank you.
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sorryboutthebrains replied to your post: I was off tumblr for awhile and when I came back I didn’t see any of your posts. I was worried you had left and I never worked up the courage or free time to ask you questions about the mortuary science field. Glad to see you’re back!
Well, for casual questions I don’t mind them being published, but I’d prefer to email you or something about schooling...
sorryboutthebrains asked: I was off tumblr for awhile and when I came back I didn't see any of your posts. I was worried you had left and I never worked up the courage or free time to ask you questions about the mortuary science field. Glad to see you're back!
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appletastedglory asked: Love your blog! I was heading into mortuary science up until a few weeks ago in college...but I want to switch back! I love being in and helping at funeral homes. In other words just nice to meet another aspiring funeral director...they seem to be hard to find these days lol :)
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WatchThis woman, fearful of the end of the world, took a boxcutter to the throats of her two daughters, and then sliced her own throat.
ilovethebonesofyou asked: Hey where have you disappeared to?
March 2011
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Ohio funeral home sues over right to use Alkaline...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first U.S. funeral home to publicly offer a cremation alternative that dissolves bodies using lye and heat has filed a lawsuit seeking to block recent restrictions by Ohio regulators and alleging they don’t have authority to stop it from using the procedure.
Edwards Funeral Service in Columbus is the only U.S. funeral business offering the process of...