Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
My favorite Thanksgiving story from last year is this: Rich Portnoy of Minneapolis roasting a 72-lb. turkey to definitively win an ongoing contest with his sister Rachel! This year I was fascinated by the turkey slaughter going on behind Sarah Palin in this interview at an event at which she pardoned a turkey. I find the official turkey pardon a ridiculous tradition, as do some other bloggers. But did you know that animals were tried, convicted, and executed in Europe for centuries?
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