Mark,

6 packs of Knox Gelatine. It’s probably where the Jello is, only it’s transparent. I think they come in little orange boxes. Some of those big portabella mushrooms.
A turnip head. Or is it a root? If a brain were a vegetable, I think it would look like that.
Can you get me any more of those jars?
2 green light bulbs. A good hardware store should have some.
Fishing line.
Goodwill: A small baby doll.
Goodwill: Various Barbie dolls.

My Fetcher is quite well-trained by now. He rarely asks why. I suppose he might think I’m amusingly eccentric. He’s an IT guy and I think I might be a source of some amusement for him.

When I was through here, I didn’t throw out the heads. Although that might have made a lot more sense. I don’t know if you’ve ever had to wash jello out of Barbie hair — probably not. It’s really altogether very glooopy and gross. It’s been a few hours now. All the decapitated Barbies now look like they have dreadlocks. I wonder if anybody has ever used gelatine for gel, you know, in a pinch. Also, with just a cursory examination, most of the heads still have goop where their necks used to be. It looks like some sort of vile puss leaking out of their empty heads.

Gelatine, yes even the stuff Jello uses, is processed animal collagen. That is, grinded up old bits of hoof as well as bones and skin and animal tendons. Yick. In hell’s ironic punishment division, Bill Cosby would be soaked in the pure acidic syrup of Real Coke then grinded down into gelatine.

With nothing better to do on a Sunday than pickle some Barbie heads.

SS