Xposted in Bitches. I hope that's not a problem.
Through the ages, before great advances in science and the medical arts, how did people explain conception and pregnancy?
I'm figuring the cause and effect relationship to sex was virtually always understood. But is there somewhere I can find some (dumbed down) scholarship on primitive and/or ancient theories on what happened?
I seem to recall before it was known that the male contributed the sperm and the female contributed the egg, that one theory was that the male sort of planted a whole mini-baby, but can't--for the life of me--remember which society, or when.
Any information and/or links would be helpful, thanks. I don't need in-depth stuff, fwiw.
TAR:
I wonder how long Gretchen took to find the clue in the metal boxes? Rob & Amber do have a lot of luck, but they also work for it -- getting to the box factory first put them in a good position to find the first clue.
They are going to be so damn tired for the next leg -- one of the things that makes TAR so damn tough is the travel fatigue, it really is an endurance race....
In other, non-white-fonted news, Timelies!
Finally got around to watching last Sundays ROBOT CHICKEN, and oh my. Best one since the headless Ponch ep (imo). The "Real World Metropolis" and "Zombie Idol" bits cracked me up, and the KILL BILL parody had me doubled over with laughter.
Favorite bit:
Jesus curing Daryll Hannah's bad eye before bisecting her. "Thanks!" "It's what I do."
Seth is a sick, sick boy.
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Nobody on the morning shift, I guess. :(
No...we just haven't had our coffee yet. Mmmm. Coooofffffeeeee.
Thanks for the link to the Project Trainwreck article - - it's great!
I owe the State of Illinois $1.00. I work for the State. Why can't they make it even? Why? So annoying.
It sounds like you need to steal a couple of pens from work, sumi.
I'm here, trying to get moving. The dog is trying
really hard
to get me moving, and I'm about to kick her.
But they're finally coming to repair the big ass hole in bedroom wall today.
Surprsingly not-gronky, since getting up required more of an effort than usual. Probably the result of actually having a good night sleep for a change (both aspects of this morning).
Plus it's really quite pretty out today, which helps (still frelling cold though), as opposed to the RASSINFRASSIN SNOW we were getting last night.
