There are some really good people in the world. Some of those really good people also happen to be funeral directors. Kenneth McKenzie is one of those people. Over the next couple days I’ll be sharing both the 2007 and the 2008 Men of Mortuaries Calendars here on my blog. I’ll also be reviewing Ken’s […]
There’s a number of similarities between the work of a pastor and the work of a mortician. We, like pastors, find our schedules based off the needs of others. We find ourselves continuously surrounded by mysteries and silence. We are invited into the sacred space of death; and like pastors, we’re expected to be […]
Via the source of all knowledge (Wikipedia) A death erection, angel lust, or terminal erection[1] is a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism, observed in the corpses of men who have been executed, particularly by hanging.[2 The phenomenon has been attributed to pressure on the cerebellum created by the noose.[3] Spinal cord injuries are known to be associated with priapism.[4] Injuries to the cerebellum or spinal cord are often associated with […]
Yesterday, I asked the Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook community to help me crowd source “mortician / death themed license plates”. And you guys just casually put together one of the most awesome lists of death themed license plates like it was no big deal. So, from the Confessions of a Funeral Director […]
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