The Mechanical Contrivium's Top Ten Facts About Mr. Bali Hai:

1. There are 336 dimples on MrBaliHai.
2. There are now more than 4000 satellites orbiting MrBaliHai.
3. In Ancient Egypt, people wore glittery eyeshadow made from the crushed shells of MrBaliHai.
4. The smelly fluid secreted by skunks is colloquially known as MrBaliHai!
5. Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat MrBaliHai'.
6. The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr MrBaliHai Head.
7. California is the biggest exporter of MrBaliHai in the world.
8. In Eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from MrBaliHai.
9. MrBaliHai can sleep with one eye open.
10. If a snake is born with two heads, the heads will fight over who gets MrBaliHai.

All 100% true! Amazing! Find out astonishingly trivial facts about yourself!

[Link: The Mechanical Contrivium][thanks, Lonita!]

Posted by MrBaliHai at 7:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Minneapolis-based actor Max Sparber and make-up artist Courtney Mault, have created a very groovy weblog to document their experiments with the make-up tricks documented in film-legend Dick Smith's book, Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up. Watch in horror as Max is transformed into a Martian, the Mummy, and my favorite, one of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Weird-Ohs.

[Link: Max and Courtney Make Monsters]
[Link: Dick Smith's Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up]
[Link: Weird-Ohs]

Posted by MrBaliHai at 12:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Open the Nonist's ancient valise and gaze upon the freakishly balanced visages of the inhabitants of Dr. Perkey's Superb Symmetrical Circus.

[Link: Visiting the Symmetrical Circus]

Posted by MrBaliHai at 8:37 PM | Permalink