Deep Thoughts by Rick Santorum #3

Deep Thoughts by Rick Santorum #2

What Did He Do?

Feodor Vassilyev (c. 1707^[1]-1782) was a peasant from Shuya, Russia. His first wife, Mrs. Vassilyev sets the record for most children birthed by a single woman. She gave birth to a total of 69 children; however, few other details are known of her life, such as her date of birth, death, or even her first name. The woman popped out 69 babies and her husband has a wiki page, where is the justice? Spilling your seed is not the difficult part. Imagine being pregnant for about 25 years?!?!

I guess it gets easier after the first couple of triplets. She was probably didn’t even know she was in labor until the baby was crowning. I have this image of her in the field with a flask of vodka around her neck, catching the baby(ies) with one hand and plowing the field with the other.   

She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 births. 67 of the 69 children born are said to have survived infancy.

Deep Thoughts by Rick Santorum

The Scale of the Universe

The Scale of the Universe
Check out this really cool site, it puts things in perspective.

Excerpt from a love letter: Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet, 1846

"I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy. I want to gorge yu [sic] with all the joys of the flesh, so that you faint and die. I want you to be amazed by me, and to confess to yourself that you had never even dreamed of such transports... When you are old, I want you to recall those few hours, I want your dry bones to quiver with joy when you think of them."

Nancy Grace