Stupid Microsoft Word (or me?). I just noticed that in my previous post I said that I was reading a book about forensic ecology and etymology. That should have said "entomology" instead. Well the book is called Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death by Jessica Snyder Sachs. It was a very interesting book that focused on the struggle to determine time throughout history. Forensic Pathology and Forensic Anthropology come up short in this ability. This is why in the past 15 years or so Forensic Entomology has been such a rapidly expanding area of forensics. Those little maggots that are crawling all over dead bodies may be our most accurate and useful tool in actually pinpointing the time of death. Next time you see a fly, remember that if it weren't for her and all of her dead fleshing loving friends, we would be up to our necks in dead bodies from both humans and animals. All in all, the book was very interesting and I recommend it to anyone interested in forensics, insects, medicine, science, or history.