The ancient Hebrews thought that a wild animal’s offspring would look like whatever the mother was viewing as she was mounted during sex. Therefore, if she had sex at night, her offspring would be black, and if she was viewing something polka-dotted, the offspring would be polka-dotted. Jacob, tending uncle Laban’s herds, bargains for all [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Genesis: Rachel menstruates on some idols.
Posted in Religion on August 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Genesis: Jacob’s ladder, then a lot of sex.
Posted in Religion, tagged Bethel, Bible, Bible History, Bilhah, Edom, Esau, firstborn, Genesis, Haran, Hebrew Bible, Jacob, Jacob's Ladder, King James Bible, KJV, Laban, Leah, mandrake, Old Testament, Rachel, Rebekah, Sarah, sex, Sheep, Shit Happens, Zilpah on August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jacob is on his way to uncle Laban’s house, having just defrauded his brother. One evening, he uses a stone for a pillow and has a dream of a ladder (literally translated, a “ramp” or “stairway”) extending in to the heavens. Angels were ascending and descending. The Lord then stands beside Jacob and promises he [...]
Genesis: Jacob steals Edom’s blessing and gets the hell out of Dodge.
Posted in Religion, tagged Bible, Bible History, Blessing, Canaanites, Edom, Esau, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, Isaac, Jacob, Old Testament, Rebekah, Religion on August 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jacob has conned Esau out of his birthright, and now with the help of Rebekah, he will steal Esau’s blessing, too. Isaac is now an old man, likely with cataracts. He cannot see, and knowing that he is soon to die, he calls Esau to his bedside. He tells Esau to go hunting and bring [...]
Genesis: Esau sells his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Posted in Religion, Uncategorized, tagged Abimelech, Bible, Bible History, birthright, Edom, Edomites, Esau, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, Isaac, Jacob, Old Testament, Philistines, Rebekah, Religion, Sarah, stew, wife-sister act on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Abraham’s son Isaac has married Rebekah. Genesis 26 tells the story of their accumulation of wealth. When there is a famine, Isaac and Rebekah arrive on the doorstep of King Abimelech of the Philistines. This is notable for two reasons. First, it’s the son of the king (or perhaps even the same king) that Abraham [...]
Park 3-Step for finding the paretic muscle.
Posted in Optometry, tagged EOMs, extraocular muscle, LIO, LIR, LSO, LSR, Paretic Muscle, Park 3-Step, RIO, RIR, RSO, RSR on August 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
We learned, in optometry school, the Park 3-Step method for isolating a paretic extraocular muscle. I recently reviewed it yesterday, and it’s easy. First, name what’s going on. Right or left hyper? WORSE in right or left gaze? WORSE with right or left head tilt? In this example, we’ll discuss a left hyper, worse on [...]
