Comments on: Becoming a pencil; more

By: Blue Buffalo

Blue Buffalo — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:26:35 +0000

With those cremation pencils, I could still be sharp, even when I am dead.
People used me in life…they might as well use me when I am dead.

By: Adam Norwood

Adam Norwood — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:19:19 +0000

I heard about those pencils, and they reminded me of another macabre artist's supply: caput mortuum, a pigment found in oil paintings from the 1600s to the late 19th Century. It was made from ground-up mummy (OK, "mummy wrappings", but still...)! Nowadays they use iron oxide or hematite to get the approximate color, I assume to the Egyptologist's great relief. [Nice! At least they weren't burning the mummies.] I may have to update my will with "Please don't make me into pencils, or let Keith Richards anywhere near me"... [I hear that... --J.]

By: Arthur Soares

Arthur Soares — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:36:32 +0000

Hey John,
I’ve just seen the news about you comming to Brazil for the Photoshop Conference. That is great! I hope I’ll get to be there so we can talk a little and get to know!
Cya.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:23:35 +0000

THEY’RE PEOPLE !!!! THEY’RE PEOPLE !!! SOYLENT GREEN ARE PEOPLE !!
not far away?

By: Henrik

Henrik — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:57:09 +0000

Gah, almost as disturbing as http://www.lifegem.com/, they are making diamonds of your "beloved ones". Juk! [Bah--but I suppose it's no worse than those people who embalm themselves *while still alive*. Just walking through LAX yesterday gave me the creeps. --J. (who will be using the interjection "Juk" with gusto from this point onwards]