Speaking of donating yourself to charity post mortem, there was an article in the Age today regarding brain donation. My first instinct was to laugh because we used to call the stupid kids "brain donors" in primary school, but apparently, donating your brain can help spot differences in diseased and healthy brains, paving the way for cures for all manner of afflictions - depression, alzheimers, schizophrenia, as well as studying the effects of drugs and alcohol.