A Room With a View… OF YOUR OWN MORTALITY. Sensory Deprivation Skull, 2007, Atelier Van Lieshout 

August 11, 2011 | Blog

I’m sure everyone knows about the “FuckYeah…” genre of tumblrs. Wherein, a specific theme is picked and celebrated through tumblr posts. Such as: Fuck Yeah Asian Fashion! Fuck Yeah Kreayshawn! Fuck Yeah Boston Terriers! (note:  This Boston ... 

August 10, 2011 | Blog

Meet the new Order of the Good Death mascot, the noble dead squid.  This freshly dead cephalapod dances the medieval danse macabre on its throne of despair as soy sauce rains from the heavens. Or, if you are looking for a more scientific explanation 

August 9, 2011 | Blog

From a New York Times Interview with Dr. Cornel West. Lessons is living towards death. What’s with the black suit, white shirt, black tie outfit you always wear? Do you have anything else in your closet? I’ve got four black suits that I circulat... 

August 9, 2011 | Blog

Both of these images are of loving skeleton mothers.  It taps into quite a primal fear, no?  That our greatest source of comfort and love is, in fact, a mortal creature doomed to die. Dear Skull Mommy, Keep up the great work. You so beautifully capt... 

August 8, 2011 | Blog

I don’t know what mortuary this guy is from.  But he rolls into the health department to pick up death certificates like a boss in this retro hearse piece and puts my ‘94 punk ass Volvo to shame. 

August 8, 2011 | Blog

This week, New York Magazine featured a story about Elizabeth Meyer, a sassy young funeral planner who happens to be a, “stunning 26-year-old brunette ” with a background in fashion. …the mortuary started her as a receptionist, a role that incl... 

July 30, 2011 | Blog

This week, New York Magazine featured a story about Elizabeth Meyer, a sassy young funeral planner who happens to be a, “stunning 26-year-old brunette” with a background in fashion. …the mortuary started her as… 

July 30, 2011 | Blog

Kitties!! blackandwtf: 1871 A kitten with eight legs and two tails made by famous taxidermist, Walter Potter.  

July 27, 2011 | Blog

Your Mortician has been tutoring a pair of twins for almost a year now.  They are a holdover from when I used to be a poor death school student.  Here they are kicking it colonial in one of our Ecstasy of Decay films.  Hi Ladies! Today we were talk... 

July 24, 2011 | Blog

“​Teddy Roosevelt’s diary entry from the day his wife Alice died of kidney failure. He never spoke publicly about her again.” Life/Death/Romance/Presidents.  Sigh. 

July 19, 2011 | Blog

This is from a story in the LA Times about a local taxidermist preserving Gaga’s meat dress.  The dress wasn’t well preserved, and was rotting when it was delivered to his shop.  But this brave soul was like, “they paid me upfront so fuck it. 

July 19, 2011 | Blog