on the first day of class dr. koester explained that every two students would be given a bone box, complete with one half of a human skeleton courtesy of india's bone trade circa 1950. the way he explained it, bodies were taken out of alleys in india, boned (or de-boned?) and sold to medical schools. now if that wasn't unethical enough, according to this article, the bone industry was so lucrative and out of control that bodies were taken out of graves? come on now. either way, the indian government has since outlawed the export of human remains, meaning that we must take particular care with our fifties themed carpet trimmed box o' bones.
Sue and I have made a point of enjoying the lovely beach weather and taking our bone boxes (she's got a right, i've got a left) out to the sand of our very own, hills beach. The neighbors love it, and just in case we didn't already have nerd stamped on our forehead, it's written in our bones now.
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