A Sense of Doubt blog post #2849 - Death Series #007 - Maggots
What more is there to say other than MAGGOTS?
I almost went with this image:
Too gross for the Instagram or Facebook feeds.
Just right for Twitter's dumpster fire thanks to Elon Muskrat.
LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.
TODAY'S SELECTION:
"Maggots can reduce the weight of an exposed human body by 50 percent in a few weeks. There are several waves of insects in a decomposing body, colonizing in a strict sequence. The first wave is blowflies and houseflies of certain species; they begin to arrive within minutes of death. Their bodies are beautiful and glass-like, shimmering greens and blues with warm, deep-red eyes. They lay eggs in the dark, warm corners, and the larvae quickly hatch and begin to eat. A dead body is alive in a new way, a busy place full of activity. At times, the body seems to move of its own accord from their motion... The meat on which the maggots feed begins to liquefy and run like melting butter" (Tisdale 172-73).
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2212.06 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2713 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
THE DEATH SERIES - POST #007 OF 10
In a series of ten posts over 12-13 days, I am presenting a fact a day about death from the book I am reading titled Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale. I hope the thought provoking facts that I share will enrich your life as much as they have enriched mine.
LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.
TODAY'S SELECTION:
"Maggots can reduce the weight of an exposed human body by 50 percent in a few weeks. There are several waves of insects in a decomposing body, colonizing in a strict sequence. The first wave is blowflies and houseflies of certain species; they begin to arrive within minutes of death. Their bodies are beautiful and glass-like, shimmering greens and blues with warm, deep-red eyes. They lay eggs in the dark, warm corners, and the larvae quickly hatch and begin to eat. A dead body is alive in a new way, a busy place full of activity. At times, the body seems to move of its own accord from their motion... The meat on which the maggots feed begins to liquefy and run like melting butter" (Tisdale 172-73).
Work Cited
Tisdale, Sallie. Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying. Gallery Books, Simon and Schuster, 2018.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2212.06 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2713 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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