11 September 2006
How much do you think it costs to purchase a pig head? I was thinking
somewhere in the $20-40 range, but Lara informed me that, no, it was
$4.50. Four dollars and 50 cents. This definitely puts a different spin
on her experimental trepanation/cremation project... now we can buy 2 or 3
pig heads, hack them to bits, and set them on fire. If only I had any
idea where to do the burning without incurring the wrath of the fire
marshal.
Posted at 1639.
So I posed my question of where to torch pig heads to the graduate student
mailing list and got a range of responses. A med anth person said,
"That's the most awesome question I have ever, ever, ever heard." A phys
anth person wants to be invited to watch. And an archaeologist suggested
a pig scapula would work better than a pig skull. Sometimes I love my
department.
Posted at 1826.
7 September 2006
I was at the Rare Book Collection at the library today, taking my class to
see anatomy books and other representations of skeletons from the
15th-19th centuries. It was hella cool. I was looking through the
Nuremberg
Chronicle from 1493, and the librarian pointed
out to me that
there was a depiction (woodcut) of an operation. I pointed out that it
was a circumcision - there was a figure labeled as a moyl in it. It was
then that she kind of went ashen and stammered a bit. Apparently talking
about whacking off wee-wee bits in the library is a bad thing.
Posted at 2242.
6 September 2006
I got new glasses! They're even vaguely trendy. Voila:
Posted at 1839.
