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MineralMan

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14. Children are surprising, really.

Tue Apr 3, 2018, 03:40 PM

Apr 2018

I remember finding a dead opossum in a vacant lot near my childhood home. I visited it every day and watched the process of its decomposition, stage by stage. I'm probably not typical, but it interested me, so I observed it until all that was left was fragments of skin and a skeleton.

Ever the naturalist, I suppose, even as a child. I also had a small collection of skulls I found on my explorations. There's still a deer skull sitting on the shelf of a bookcase next to my desk, and an ornamented and decorated goat skull from Nepal I bought at a garage sale. Apparently they are used over the doorways of houses there. Mine is mounted over the stairwell to the basement. It's a good conversation stimulator.

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A fascinating read- Afraid of death? Take comfort that youll live on in varied and surprising ways [View all] malaise Apr 2018 OP

Im a hypochondriac, terrified of death. Germs and things inside me too. But still, K&R ck4829 Apr 2018 #1

What an interesting response malaise Apr 2018 #4

I dont care what happens to my body after death ck4829 Apr 2018 #8

LOL malaise Apr 2018 #12

I'm like Woody Allen (in this one regard only) -- RandomAccess Apr 2018 #33

I think he speaks for most of humanity malaise Apr 2018 #36

I'm with you on that. RandomAccess Apr 2018 #38

Have you read.. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack"? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #30

I think I skimmed it a while back. ck4829 Apr 2018 #35

Well, we Jews believe in eternal life leftynyc Apr 2018 #24

That is always tragic. I still picture my cat of 17 years sitting in my lap. ck4829 Apr 2018 #34

I buried my beloved dog years ago malaise Apr 2018 #37

We Are . . . peggysue2 Apr 2018 #2

It's all life and death malaise Apr 2018 #6

You are either an eater, or you are food. MineralMan Apr 2018 #9

The worms crawl in; the worms crawl out. MineralMan Apr 2018 #3

ROFL malaise Apr 2018 #5

Wikipedia discusses the song: MineralMan Apr 2018 #7

I could see someone writing that while watching death and decomposition malaise Apr 2018 #10

What's funny is that the article refers to it as a children's song. MineralMan Apr 2018 #11

Truthfully most kids don't grasp the nastiness malaise Apr 2018 #13

Children are surprising, really. MineralMan Apr 2018 #14

I always loved animals and birds malaise Apr 2018 #15

Circumstances matter. MineralMan Apr 2018 #16

True - 11 year olds malaise Apr 2018 #17

I'm, like, eternally grateful for eternity Achilleaze Apr 2018 #18

I like this article as it has some Rigor to it. kairos12 Apr 2018 #19

Mortis too malaise Apr 2018 #20

The Mortis the merrier! kairos12 Apr 2018 #22

Ha malaise Apr 2018 #23

I think of him often. I miss him. kairos12 Apr 2018 #25

Same here malaise Apr 2018 #26

and yet..he lives on. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #31

True malaise Apr 2018 #32

Some may need to keep a stiff upper lip while reading Roland99 Apr 2018 #21

Well the dear departed sure have that malaise Apr 2018 #27

That's not very comforting. DavidDvorkin Apr 2018 #28

By the time we get there malaise Apr 2018 #29

K&R... spanone Apr 2018 #39

Just when you *finally* get things figured out, and you feel the connection of all living things... VOX Apr 2018 #40

As my friends and I say all the time malaise Apr 2018 #41

Precisely. And the lust for fame. We'll all be stardust (again) at some point... VOX Apr 2018 #42

Which is why there will be no ceremony or burial malaise Apr 2018 #43