Remember I ranted on about the irritating fly on my London Bus journey home the other day? you know the one that mysteriously managed to follow me all the way into my home? (Click here to read it if you missed it.)

Well - I am now forced to look at flies in a completely different light: I discovered a grusomely addictive journal (blog) the other day - and have added it to my reading list - it’s called “Autopsy Report - Log of experiences as a Medical Examiner Intern”. It’s about Brian - who works for a Medical Examiner in the US. For those of on this side of the pond that’s probably the US equivalent of the criminal pathologist - you know: cuts up bodies and performs autopsy for forensic investigation purposes. Well - not only is this blog intensley fascinating (as it perfectly complements all the late night forensic crime progarmmes on Discovery/Horizons that I inevitably get immersed in after a hard day’s work) - the author also stresses the growing importance of flies (or Forensic Entomology).
I quote from his most recent entry:

“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.”

The increasing importance of Forensic Entomology

“Cause I got too much life
Running through my veins
Going to waste“
Feel - by Robbie Williams (heavily overplayed on Heart 106.2)