I can highly recommend Mary Roach's "Stiff," about cadavers. She's a hilarious geek, sort of a morbid John McPhee. I've now started on her "Grunt," about all the problems military personnel face other than the obvious.
I believe I'd like to be composted.
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I believe I'd like to be composted.
Not me. Wastral that I am, I long to be fired off at a velocity significantly exceeding solar escape velocity, so I can wander the stars.
I certainly have no desire to be encapsulated in Granola Land.
Eric Hines
Regarding that composting, I wonder whether those good folks have considered sprinkling the corpsicles with Rid-X and keeping the mass moist, to speed the composting along.
Eric Hines
Lay me to rest in my longship, place my sword in my hand, a flagon of ale in the other, set the sails, light a tremendous fire and send me off toward the ends of the world.
McPhee is a man who can take the obscure and arcane, or the most bring everyday subject, and make a fascinating tale from them. An amazing talent.
"Stiff", sounds interesting- thanks for the recommendation.
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