Monday, March 31, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
You Guys Aren't Listening.
Dear Archaeologist and Brain Surgeon,
I would like you to comment on historical brain surgery. Did they use leeches to eat through the skull, or did they get in old-timey fights in saloons and just bust each other's heads open?
-Hole-y Moses
Dear Hole-y Moses,
You aren't listening. This blog isn't about historical brain surgery. Don't you have any questions about who to ask to the prom?
Hmph.
Archaeologist and Brain Surgeon
I would like you to comment on historical brain surgery. Did they use leeches to eat through the skull, or did they get in old-timey fights in saloons and just bust each other's heads open?
-Hole-y Moses
Dear Hole-y Moses,
You aren't listening. This blog isn't about historical brain surgery. Don't you have any questions about who to ask to the prom?
Hmph.
Archaeologist and Brain Surgeon
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Our First Question!
Dear Archaeologist and Brain Surgeon,
Why are things old?
-Wondering in Wodesto
Dear Wondering,
That's a very good question. Some scientists believe things are old because the natural forces at work on our planet (gravity, erosion, rust imps) impact the environment and everything in it. They say that age and decay are inevitable, except for things made out of titanium, which comes from space.
As The Archaeologist, I say things are old because peoples of the past were fucking slobs and they just threw their junk everywhere and it got all old from neglect. Ooooh, look at me, I'm a prehistoric guy, I just made this crappy biface and I'm going to leave all my chert flakes lying around wherever because I can't be bothered to clean up after myself. I don't have to be tidy, I'm prehistoric. Oooooooh.
The Brain Surgeon can't be bothered to respond because she's busy performing surgery on people's brains or whatever.
Why are things old?
-Wondering in Wodesto
Dear Wondering,
That's a very good question. Some scientists believe things are old because the natural forces at work on our planet (gravity, erosion, rust imps) impact the environment and everything in it. They say that age and decay are inevitable, except for things made out of titanium, which comes from space.
As The Archaeologist, I say things are old because peoples of the past were fucking slobs and they just threw their junk everywhere and it got all old from neglect. Ooooh, look at me, I'm a prehistoric guy, I just made this crappy biface and I'm going to leave all my chert flakes lying around wherever because I can't be bothered to clean up after myself. I don't have to be tidy, I'm prehistoric. Oooooooh.
The Brain Surgeon can't be bothered to respond because she's busy performing surgery on people's brains or whatever.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Ask an Archaeologist and a Brain Surgeon. I am the Archaeologist and the other is the Brain Surgeon. We have "interesting" occupations about which people like to ask us lots of questions. While we love answering questions, we are tired of answering questions about archaeology and brain surgery, respectively. We feel our question-answering skills would be more gainfully employed by answering our readers' questions about random crap. Think of us as a two-headed, interestingly-occupied Dear Abby, only not an idiot.
We're here for you, Internet friends. We want to give you wise advice and help you make life decisions. Please email your questions to archaeologistbrainsurgeon@yahoo.com. We will keep your identities anonymous, but don't forget to make up some clever name like "Boobless in Beantown" or whatever.
Oh yeah, and if you click on that little envelope down below this you'll just end up emailing this post to someone. The Archaeologist isn't good at figuring out how to put a linkable email address on blogspot, and the Brain Surgeon is surprisingly equally un-tech-savvy considering she builds mouse-sized guillotines for a living.
That's archaeologistbrainsurgeon@yahoo.com.
We're here for you, Internet friends. We want to give you wise advice and help you make life decisions. Please email your questions to archaeologistbrainsurgeon@yahoo.com. We will keep your identities anonymous, but don't forget to make up some clever name like "Boobless in Beantown" or whatever.
Oh yeah, and if you click on that little envelope down below this you'll just end up emailing this post to someone. The Archaeologist isn't good at figuring out how to put a linkable email address on blogspot, and the Brain Surgeon is surprisingly equally un-tech-savvy considering she builds mouse-sized guillotines for a living.
That's archaeologistbrainsurgeon@yahoo.com.
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