Thursday, January 24, 2008

Embryonic Imaging

How many prenatal photoshoots must be endured by unborn babies before the photohungry parents to be are satisfied that A. there are ample photos to fill that first album or B. there is definitive determination of sex as evidenced by the lack of a "thingy". We are inured to first time parents with their videocams attached to their bodies to be certain they miss not a single breath of their newly arrived darlings, but this photolust seems to have shifted its timelines and has now entered the inutero domain thanks to increasingly advanced electronic equipment. It is easy to become enraptured with the fact that the new arrival can be plainly seen to be "tall" thus eliciting sighs of relief from relatives who had harbored secret fears that "she" would be SHORT like Aunt Bertha's side of the family, phew!!! (Aunt Bertha has clearly not been shown these latest DEVELOPMENTS!!!) Through the wonder of technology we are also able to "see" how quickly development is taking place so that we have scientific/photographic proof that our hatchling is no shrinking violet. All this info prompts the obvious question: How long before we can engage these teeny wonders as models of the work force of the future, or better still how long before they figure out how to use the not yet invented 'micromicromicro'-"INNY"cam' so they can turn the tables/shutters on us?

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