tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post7858920839442873137..comments2023-06-21T06:54:11.510-07:00Comments on The Midnight Library: "I thought it was legal, officer."Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post-71841429118877627822009-06-18T13:26:57.570-07:002009-06-18T13:26:57.570-07:00Lisa Carlson has written a book that has gone thro...Lisa Carlson has written a book that has gone through multiple editions -- now called <i>Caring for the Dead</i> -- which includes a state-by-state breakdown of funerary laws.<br /><br />http://www.upperaccess.com/experts/carlson.html<br /><br />She wrote the first edition when she had to deal with a burial on the deceased's family property -- something that is still allowed in many less-urban places.<br /><br />For my part, I'm going to be a medical school cadaver. I know it means formaldehyde, but heck, it's necessary if we want doctors. And it beats having them take apart a non-volunteer, like that frog in your high school class.E. J. Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695683386132956857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post-27855774535215881072009-05-06T20:36:00.000-07:002009-05-06T20:36:00.000-07:00Most states are actually very permissive on this i...Most states are actually very permissive on this issue; no one want to pollute an aquifer, but then america doesn't really truck with pollution standards.<br /> You can pretty much bury a dead body wherever you want to, as long as the death industrial complex hasn't gained control in your state.Caleb Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858260507123306044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post-32679180344300954702009-05-05T18:27:00.000-07:002009-05-05T18:27:00.000-07:00The only body I ever disposed of outside conventio...The only body I ever disposed of outside conventional channels was slam-dunked off an overpass into the flatbed of a pickup truck full of horse manure in my second pulp mystery, which isn't really disposing, just passing the problem along. But I hear the market in inexpensive cremation is becoming more competitive. I did have to arrange for one of those once and the end price was a third of the first usurious quote.Miss Jane A. Barcrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490162593813782637noreply@blogger.com