Archive for September, 2010
Prepare for Death and Follow Me…into Outer Space
12, Sep 2010Death In Space Mary Roach, Boing Boing (September 02, 2010) Wherever living humans go, the possibility of dead human bodies follows. It is the fullest expression of mortality’s inherent fragility. So, when humans finally travel into space for extended periods of time without the luxury of a quickish return to Earth, dead body contingencies need [...]
Disenfranchised Grief
6, Sep 2010‘An Invisible Loss’: Gays and Lesbians Find Comfort Hard to Come by after Partner’s Death The New Mexican (August 28, 2010) The Santa Fe New Mexican published a feature story last week about the often difficult and uneasy situations created when gays and lesbians are faced with the death of their partner. In so many [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Law|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: LGBT, same-sex partners
Company Presses Your Ashes Into Vinyl When You Die Olivia Solon, Wired (August 27, 2010) Many many people saw this Wired article on human cremains being mixed into vinyl records when it first popped up two weeks ago. I know that many people saw this article because everyone kept sending it to me and/or asking [...]