My sixth grade teacher was the stern but fair Mrs. Onizuka. She was the cousin of Elison Onizuka, notable Hawaiian and the first Asian American in space. Elison is best known, unfortunately,…
October 25, 2011 | Blog // Experimental Death
Fauxmains, or Man Made Death
I’m now going to share with you something I hate. I hate when people are REALLY SUPER PROUD of themselves for doing something sort- of- mildly “quirky” with cremated ashes. Now, by…
March 30, 2011 | Experimental Death
One Track Baby, Born to Decay
This post features the lyrical stylings of Shannon Cwikla, valiant comrade of the Order, who you may know from her portrayal of the grotesque corpse in our most recent Ecstasy of…
March 7, 2011 | Experimental Death
The Obscene Genius of Dr. Chan
A few weeks ago your Mortician put out a call to some associates, asking them to imagine what they would do with a small portion of my cremated ashes to them in…
February 21, 2011 | Experimental Death
Friends, Romans, Lend me your hair…
My grandfather was a bit of what is colloquially called a badass. Grampa led a group of tank destroyers during the Korean War. Admittedly, I am almost totally unclear as to what…
February 4, 2011 | Experimental Death