Alie Ward

Look at that.

So in Replaceable You, Mary offers more details, writing that this hand-painted picture is white with a red and green floral pattern.

And she envisions the man maybe pouring iced tea for a lover, this jug dangling from his member.

And she continues saying,

It's not full, says the surgeon.

He means the pitcher.

This is just to show the resistance.

It's very strong.

Effectively penetrative, she concludes.

This is just a day on the job for Mary in the Caucasus Mountains.

You always tend to travel for your books, and this one took you to Mongolia.

to talk to eye surgeons, how much time are they giving you before they'll let you see an orthopedic surgeon hammering into someone's knee or jamming a cataract out of an eye?

Does that usually happen on the first day or do you have to coax, do you have to charm your way into that?

It's like really awkward.

Or in your case, can you get in an MRI and bone, which I recall.

And to enjoy that chapter in its fullest, you can see her bestseller, Bonk!

The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, in which she describes a research physician beginning with taking still images for which, quote, we must hold still for several seconds like Victorians posing for a tintype, only not like Victorians posing for a tintype.

She continues that the doctor says, now please make some sort of movement.

And then in case it's not clear, in case her husband might be contemplating flapping an elbow or saluting the flag, the doctor adds, in and out.

The doctor is pleased with this result.