T asked me last night if I'd given up on blogging forever. I haven't ... but on the other hand, I really can't express why I haven't been updating the dashboard more often. I hope the flurry of comments some of you recieved today wasn't too annoying (since I commented to posts that were nearly 30 days old).
I had gotten into a relatively good routine of posting twice a week - mainly about the current book that I was listening to. "Stiff" however, seems to have broken my stride. This was one of those micro-histories that I've been so interested in like "Salt: A World History", and "The Utilitarian History of the Pencil". Stiff is subtitled, "The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers". I'll stop right there and point out that unless you want to hear about some truly unpleasant stuff, you shouldn't ask me about the book.
N noticed that I hadn't been talking about my current book at the dinner table. There was both a courteous and pratcial reason for this. Courteously, I know that it is not polite to discuss how decompositon works or how severed heads are used for face-lift practice at the dinner table. From a practical perspective, there aren't to many conversation prompts that lead you from dinner to cadaveric research - unless you take the obvious human dumplings in China road.
I told N when she asked about my book, that she didn't want to know ..... she responded that there at least had to be something about salt in the book. Saddly, she was right - but I won't get into the details here. I've only had one good opportunity to discuss the book - specifically the new body disposal options that are on the way: "Water Reduction" (aka Liquid Cremation) and Human Composting (aka Freeze-Dried Plant Food).
The good news is that I've moved on to the much more dinner-friendly "King of Torts" by John Grisham. So if anyone wants to debate the impact of pharmacutical malpractice on the legal system .... I can leave the human crash test dummy and landmine impact stories way back in the research section of my brain. Besides .... the History of the ScrewDriver wasn't available on Audiobook.
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Didn't your test results for the ideal job for you come out to be a mortician? sp? Your interest in dead bodies live on. : )
My father lived in the Theime funeral home when he was in college. There was an apartment above it. I believe he worked there some too.
OH HOW FUNNY that you posted tonight...I did too!
I guess she was feeling alone?
I have just been more active with my MySpace page vs. the Blogger...because there is more variety I can do on there...and change my song and build photo slides, etc.
Besides, I have caught up with several old college friends...which has been fun!
Okay, so now that you've blogged you can wait till Christmas, right?! :) If you had just waited one more week, it would have been a full month. ;)
No prompts?
"I feel dead tired today."
"Halloween is in a few weeks."
"That model on TV looks like she is skin and bones."
"Whew! This ground beef is starting to decompose!"
Check out the "Zombie Survival Guide" on the web if those dudes start shamblin' outside yo window.
I've already seen "Land of the Dead" ... so I'm pretty well prepared if they start coming after me.
... unless it's that really smart one with the pitchfork from the gas station.
grr, just lost my post. You and Dar read some interesting stuff. I stick with things I simply enjoy (i.e. Grisham) and then things for research...i.e. Public Meals, Private Lives, meal habits of women in the first century church. I can't recommend it as it is basically a dissertation, but it serves a purpose
Whenever I have read Grisham, I have always had a good time reading.
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