Ahead warp 9!
Everybody knows that I own the disembodied head of Jean-Luc Picard. It comes up in conversation more often than you’d think. Unfortunately, Jean-Luc took a bit of a tumble a while back. I had him on top of a tripod, precariously perched while I took a picture of him and FOUR! LIGHTS! The tripod pitched forward and Jean-Luc broke his noggin on the edge of a table. The top of his skull came right off. Who knew Starfleet captains had such brittle bones?
Even if I try to put him back together, he’s got cracks running right over his eye. Basically, I have a Locutus head now. I’m considering leaving the top of the skull off and putting him out front as a planter. The neighbors already think we’re weird, so I don’t think a Chia Picard is going to damage our reputation.
Today I used some of my birthday money (thanks, Dad!) to replace poor Picard. Here’s a link to the seller. This guy baffles me. He’s clearly got the heads of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Carrey for sale, but nowhere does he identify them as such.
Has he got some kind of a deal where he can have the life casts, but not identify them as such? Schwarzenegger is listed as male mannequin head #4 so the guy must have at least four lifecasts of famous people. I’ve seen Douglas Fairbanks up there before, complete with moustache.
When I’ve corresponded with him in the past, he’s closed with “In Christ, (name).” I wonder about this guy and his life.
Says my husband, “He’s just your basic Christian fundamentalist selling bootleg heads on the Internet. What’s to wonder about?”
Hee! Okay, I’ll just take my Picard head and move along. Engage!