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Category Archives: Funerals

A book about corpses? Sure, why not?

January 26, 2016

So yeah, this is a book that excites me. #funerals #corpses #death #arentiafungirl A photo posted by Rachael Hanel (@rachael_hanel) …

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My choice for best academic book of 2015

November 30, 2015

My choice for Inside Higher Ed‘s Readers’ Choice Awards for best academic book published this year: #IHEReadersChoice “Dead Matter” about …

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Fallujah mortuary log book to be on display in Marine museum

October 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Marine Corps is expanding, and this log book from the mortuary at Fallujah will be …

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Confederate flag debate hits cemeteries

July 10, 2015

“Spending taxpayer money on the flag, and displaying it on a public monument, may be one thing; preventing private citizens …

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Move over, urns: 4 kind of cool things you can do with ashes, and 1 crazy thing

May 6, 2015

Ashes can turn up in some unexpected places.

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What do you think of these funeral requests?

March 31, 2015

Some of these responses might surprise you!

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Will there be a jar of Vicks in your grave?

March 28, 2015

What have you seen people buried with? Anything unusual?

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3 things making me happy this week (March 27)

March 27, 2015

This week: Writing, photography, and a king.

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RIP Jim Zimmerman

February 1, 2015

I had heard he had not been well in the past couple of years. Still, I was saddened by the …

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In defense of “Wrestling with Death”

January 14, 2015

I’m sure many people will “slam” WGN America’s new reality show, but I’m not one of them.

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