Wouldn’t it be nice, assuming you want to end your own life, if you could do so with at least a modicum of dignity? You know, like leaving an intact body for the funeral? Like, allowing your family and friends to know that you didn’t suffer?

Well, Kevorkian has been out of the picture for a while, which leaves the suicidal few options: the ever popular drug overdose is probably the cleanest way to go, but close behind is the self-inflicted GSW to the back of the mouth. Not content with either of these attractive options, a Melvindale (MI) man painstakingly constructed a guillotine (presumably a rather crude one), which he then used to separate his head from the rest of his body, in the woods near his house.

This is not particularly newsworthy, or opinion-worthy. Or anything-worthy, for that matter. I just though it was remarkably odd news. You’ll probably never hear of another suicide-by-guillotine, if you live to be a hundred.