This a fantastic short video that portrays a positive perspective on preparing the deceased.  The Australian mortician that’s featured does a good job at communicating the beauty that can come from her job.  

Via The History Channel: On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed. Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a difficult time […]

This is an R-rated death tale.  You’ve been forewarn. As his suppression had become a political necessity, Dózsa was routed at Temesvár (today Timişoara) by an army of 20,000[5] led by John Zápolya and István Báthory. He was captured after the battle, and condemned to sit on a heated smoldering iron throne with a heated […]

As I’ve said numerous times, it’s a struggle for funeral homes to advertise. Where do we advertise?  At nursing homes?  Hospitals?  Bars?  Along dangerous highways? It’s a struggle for us to sponsor events. What should we sponsor?  A BBQ fundraiser?  Who wants to see a funeral home ad on the back of their son’s Little League uniform? And […]