Gleaming the Dome

Carol got cast in a production of "W;t", a pretty challenging piece about dying of cancer, poetry, words, and dealing with finality at the Lorton Arts Center. Since it's about the last hours of a cancer patient, the chemotherapy look is required.  It runs the next couple of weekends so time to get 'into costume', as it were. Today, I helped her achieve that smooth, smooth look that Pop has so long been noted for.  Pops! Those clippers you just gave me came in handy around the ears. Why do I suspect that my skull would not be this shapely if I shaved my head?  Why do I suspect that I would look like a giant thumb?