Need New Skull

May 30th, 2007Blog2 comments

I’m in the market for a human skull. Not a real one — a museum quality replica will do.

I think my desk could use one. I have a lot of knick-nacks collected over the years, gifts from friends and artifacts from travels: An NYC MoMa Rubik’s Cube, a rubber band ball (now baseball-sized), a small purple rhino made from pipe cleaners, a jar of lucky pennies, an IBM typewriter striker (Courier 12), and a flask of Chinese liquor (I think it’s some kind of gin but I’m not sure). I also have a hugh-jass Thesaurus, an analog radio, and a coaster shaped like a square hunk of stone. On it is John Lennon giving the peace sign in front of the Statue of Liberty. I have a lot of weird shit, and it would be difficult for me to do work without all of these things present.

My desk needs a human skull. A skull shows visitors you mean business. It is a sign of Mad Science; alternately it evokes wizards poring over rune-covered scrolls. It connects you to Hamlet in the moment he was ruminating on death.

The Internet sells skulls. I’m going to buy one. But I hope I don’t get one that’s haunted, because I don’t need that crap.