May 07, 2011
In Today's Society, Are You Master of Your Own Skin?
Having found a publisher's proof copy of The Yankee Way to Simplify Your Life, which principles I'm trying to apply to my own life (up to a point), there is a reference to spanking children with books bound by the flayed flesh of criminals. Not popular today. But looking into it, I was led to the Boston Athenium for the story of the referenced highwayman who claimed to be "master of his own skin," thence on his way to become the book binding on his confession... But it turns out that not only criminals observed the practice. The Athenium link also notes that a famous beautiful lady had her skin put up on a treatise of astronomy. More on such practices here.
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Yuck!
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Oh. Well post a kittah picture here.
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How about 50 ways to skin a cat?" See how you like that bizness, why don'tcha?
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Good to have you back :)
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Tattoos of course count for freedom only while you're living in your own skin... Or is that not quite right? At least I never did hear yet of anyone putting ink under the skin of a deceased person as a Living Will directive. Not impossible though, but for what reason? Wait, I copyright and claim all future possible trademark usage just to be safe :)