#482708 - 11/13/12 02:31 PM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: Janina]
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It is a marvelous book, a perfect overview of the forensic sciences and a highly detailed portrait of the complex ecosystem of dead bodies. Not for the squeamish. The descriptions are extremely colorful (roiling masses of chunky maggots, decay fluids, bloat stages, etc). You’ll learn how far a maggot mass can move a hollowed out body, which bugs prefer the soupiest corners of a corpse, the Latin names for flesh flies and cheese skippers and much much more. If you had a hard time reading that, I'd suggest not getting the book. Stiff, by Mary Roach, is another great book about the life of cadavers I'd recommend without hesitation. Decidedly more irreverent and packed full of fun morbid factoids one may regale guests with at the next dinner party.
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#482710 - 11/13/12 02:34 PM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: Shade]
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I added that book to my wish list on amazon and it has a deal right now on This as a companion book if you buy both. Just wondering if you have read it?
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#482713 - 11/13/12 04:09 PM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: StabAvery]
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Yes, I have, many times! I loved it! In tone, though, it's kind of the opposite of Corpse. While Sachs is reserved and respectful, Roach has a much more pointed gallows' humor and cheeky approach. If one finds that sort of attitude upsetting, I'd skip this book.
Roach wrote another book that may be closer to what Light Angel was asking for called Spook. It's about ghost-hunting and the search for the human soul and whatnot. A subject I have mixed emotions about. I think the scientific quest for this knowledge is fascinating and, of course, love a good mystery. But, at the same time, it seems to easily blur into quackery.
Maybe not "exploitative" by legal standards, some of this stuff clearly preys on the heart strings of people who have suffered terrible loss. When I see parents who've lost a child, for example, go after the Great Beyond with a dogged determination and unwavering faith that rivals the most rabid religious zealot it is clearly costing them more than their retirement fund. It's costing them quality of life. Certainly their prerogative and none of my business really but I do think it's sad. Caveat emptor.
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#482717 - 11/13/12 09:29 PM
Consciousness Beyond Life..
[Re: Shade]
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Well, that's a head-tilter. Death in the "latest material enjoyment" thread. How delightfully morbid. Am I on the funeral director forum, again? This is my favorite book about life after death. I think maggots and morticians have some expertise on this subject. *Big smile*  That book doesn't look so bad, but I think this book is more what I'm looking for : http://www.pimvanlommel.nl/?home_eng
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#482807 - 11/16/12 03:03 PM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: LightAngel]
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Registered: 01/27/12
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Mine would be the second part of Stephen King's "Under The Dome" (at least in my country it was released as a two-tome set), an electronic eGo cig (a tad healthier than regular cigarettes, much cheaper to smoke regularly, no bad smell on your clothes and in the room, no ash, you can smoke it in bars, transportation vehicles and restaurants) and a hand-made clay pot for my oven, in which food cooks itself, becomes tastier and offers a chance for experimenting with a wide range of meals. A crystal (plastic actually) backlit pyramid with a sphinx and some liquid inside, an upside-down huge crucifix and a fire-breathing dragon figure - all these for my decompression chamber.
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#482809 - 11/16/12 04:02 PM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: TheAbysmal]
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Registered: 01/27/12
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First, I'd like to make a note that I don't know if I used the word 'pot' in a propper manner - in Bulgarian it's called a clay pot. This is what I mean: Food turns out fantastic, in this kinda pot (because you put it in the oven - not on the stove's hot plate - and originally when there was yet no electricity it was invented to be put in/above the fire of a furnace/firebox). Cooking in it is meant to last at least 2-3 hours (up to a day for beans or those types of meat that would usually take forever to get cooked) on a low temperature - the products get processed very well and the ingredients and spices that you put there absorb each other's flavor perfectly. Also, you don't have to use that much sunflower, olive oil or other fats (I use butter though mainly because of the flavor), it can't get overburned, it's like a natural steam capsule. Definitely my favourite way to prepare meals. I had an old one but my dad damaged it because (due to my numerous warnings) he decided to put it on the hot plate... it cracked. Now, since I live alone, I decided it's time to buy myself a new one 
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#482813 - 11/16/12 05:39 PM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: LightAngel]
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I first saw Pasolini's Trilogy of Life in 1997. For the next few years it was only available on low quality video tapes and bootlegs, or $200 DVDs or similarly low quality. Since 2001 or so it hasn't been available at all, even bootlegs being hard to find. On many occasions I'd even considered buying these terrible versions at rare eBay prices. But a few days ago, Criterion gave it the full restored Blu-ray treatment, and it is spectacular:  Goes well with their Salo Blu-ray too.
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#483027 - 11/21/12 02:12 AM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: JDBones]
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I think you used the word 'pot' just fine. 'Clay Pot' is what I would call it anyway. Well, that seems nifty, almost like a crock pot for the oven. I just might have to try cooking in one of these and see how I like it. Thanks for sharing. 
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#483050 - 11/21/12 11:09 AM
Re: Life After Death?!
[Re: Luigi]
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Registered: 11/06/11
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My latest material enjoyment was my recent trip to Prague. I have been there 4 times and I never grow tired of the place. Apart from being absolutely stunning, Prague boasts the best and cheapest beer you can get in the Western world. The Bohemian capital is also famous for its magical/occult past. Edward Kelley and John Dee worked a few years in Prague, trying to find the Philosopher's Stone. The Jewish Quarter (Josefov) is famous by being the place where Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created the mythical Golem -- as romanticized by Gustav Meyrink. Prague is my personal Mecca -- every now and then I need to visit the city by the Vltava. Every time I'm there I have a coffee at the Kavárna Slavia (Slavia Café), a Gambrinus in a hospodá (pub), a midnight stroll through Charles Bridge, svícková (beef and dumplings with double cream) in the Olympia restaurant and, finally, another pilsener at Letenské sady (Letná Park), on the top of the hill which overlooks the city. Here is a photo from my last trip (the silhouette of the castle in Prague, viewed from Letná):  Beautiful photo. Having been to Prague myself I totally get what you are talking about. I love going into the sub-terranean bookstores and browing/drooling over the treasures there. Just wish there were less annoying tourist groups there.
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