Skulduggery
Have you ever seen these weird skulls? They have them in Peru or someplace. I guess there were some guys around who had heads like that. It's hard to imagine. The mundane explanation is that the parents tied the kids' heads to boards or something and did it... sort of like the foot binding that they used to do in China. Others have more exotic explanations. I've thought for a while that one of those forensic reconstruction guys should do a job on them (as seen in the first pic), so we could see what they probably looked like. I'm sure those artists have better things to do than satisfy my idle curiosities though.

Another month has gone by. I decided to leave my homage to nuclear war up here all month. Halloween came and went. That's a nice enough holiday. Speaking of costumery, have you noticed some of the extreme body art that's out there? What gets into people? I have to admit, a little of that goes a long way for me. I have never seen piercings or tats that seemed to improve anyone's appearance, to be frank. While surfing online I have seen bizarre and extreme examples... the permanent skull mask for example... horns implanted etc. No part of the body is off limits, apparently. I recently saw photos of an operation in progress where some fellow was having the whites of his eyes surgically dyed blue. Does that look attractive to anyone? It is also possible to have holders for your eyeglasses implanted on the bridge of your nose. Is that a good idea? Maybe all of that will work really well for the folks that have it done. I wish them the best. I always wonder how these people will look when they're senior citizens though. Oh well, I expect to be turning into a real skeleton by then so it's not my problem.