This is a poem from my new friend Bethany Pope, with whom I’ve been emailing back and forth on such topics as “bleach blonde stasis” and “giving birth to death.” Let’s just…
November 14, 2011 | Blog
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Ask a Mortician on the News
I was on Right This Minute news this morning for Ask a Mortician. Oh look, little me! They were all very nice and asked great, respectful questions. Man, people are way better…
November 14, 2011 | Blog
This is Janelle.
I want you all to meet Janelle Atkinson. Isn’t she perfectly beautiful? Janelle and I went to Mortuary School together. We started the program together, suffered through all the same ridiculous classes,…
November 13, 2011 | Blog
The Regional Decay of Rebecca Lyon
Rebecca Lyon is a projectionist, film connoisseur, and photographer from Chicago. I also knew her in college. We weren’t especially close, with the exception of that fateful weekend we spent together at…
November 10, 2011 | Blog
Episode 2, Deathlings!
Lookie here, folks! I tried to take into account peoples’ suggestions that I have more information and less “wwoooo! death flash fun tymez!” But of course we can’t take ALL that out,…
November 9, 2011 | Blog
Ask a Mortician Ep 2
In which we discuss the art of processing cremated remains, “natural causes,” and what I myself would do with my mortal shell. Please keep sending your questions, they are fascinating and strange…
November 8, 2011 | Videos
Autumn for Fetishists
Even though I grew up in Hawai’i, where not a damn thing ever changes, I’m a bit of a fetishist for Autumn. Autumn is, of course, THE premier metaphor for the beautiful,…
November 7, 2011 | Blog
Happy 7 Billion!
This is a fantastic video made by National Public Radio about our world’s recent crossover into 7 billion people. If you like Ask a Mortician, you’ll like the clear, concise way this…
November 6, 2011 | Blog
For the love of Bad Funeral Bitches
Thank you to everyone who sent me the New York Times profile of funeral director Doris Amen. Well done correctly identifying a bad bitch. Let me explain. That last time we heard…
November 5, 2011 | Blog
Meet Me on The Faycebooooo.
For those of you who are not inclined to visit blogs on the regular, but still want the occasional death update, consider friending the Order of the Good Death on facebook. I…
November 4, 2011 | Blog
Is This Real Life? (Death Edition)
Well. Holy Shit. You put out one little self-made genky YouTube video and all of a sudden the death revolution is on! Without being too sincere (I’m not good at interweb sincerity)…
November 4, 2011 | Blog
Ask a Mortician has arrived!
I have made a ridiculous thing upon this day. You got death questions, we got death answers. More Info Here
November 3, 2011 | Blog