Resomation, a company based in Scotland, touts its process of breaking down the body through alkaline hydrolysis as "the green ecological alternative to cremation and burial - without harmful mercury emissions."

This is how I want my body dealt with. Nice. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

This is by far the best reading of Robert Service's poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" I have ever heard. (Read by Urgelt of the YouTube community...pictured)
Use link provided by Ravus in his response below. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Army veteran and cancer survivor Russell Parsons says he's not afraid to die _ and he's got the tattoo to prove it. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Copper cannisters containing the cremated remains of mental patients become objects of art in the exhibit, Library of Dust. picked by misswinkle 6 months ago

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

After her husband to be fell down a well, she refused to cremate his body until they were married. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Hold Me Urns makes stuffed animals in which you can place cremated remains. For those who have lost an infant child or pet, the stuffed animal urns are quite popular. And some people even use them to store the remains of other loved ones as well.

Er, yeh. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

China's worst fuel crunch in years has led a crematorium to dump half-burnt corpses to try saving on diesel costs, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Friday. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

A crematorium near Manchester, England, has introduced the idea of using heat produced by burning bodies to keep mourners warm. picked by muppet 6 months ago

A British company says it has an eco-friendly alternative to cremation: boiling bodies into dust. The process is called resomation. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The classic poem by Robert W Service read aloud and accompanied by some breathtaking photos of the Canadian Arctic. The link is to a video. If you'd like to read it, the poem can be found here.

I figured that seeing as how it's summer solstice, and I'm in the 'land of the midnight sun', this was an appropriate tribute. picked by tundramonkey 1 year ago