Guess They've Never Met Any.

I had to roll my eyes at a clickbait ad I just saw.  It's one of those "Do this weird thing to avoid X!" type of ads, and the headline claimed Chinese men never go bald.  Sounds like someone needs to get out of their office for a bit. Chinese men are less likely to bald than white men, but many do. 

Should've Weighed Myself.

It`s something I should have done.  I got a haircut this morning, and I think I might have lost a pound or two as a result.  But now I`ll never know.

Hair'd Work.

This afternoon I saw a teenage kid with a giant afro.  I couldn't help but wonder how much work he put into growing and maintaining it.  I would imagine doing so is somewhat of a vanishing art in the 21st Century.  And Saskatoon might not be the easiest place to find a barber or hair dresser with experience in working on an afro.

Hair.

I shaved this morning, forestalling a reappearance of the dreaded really annoying to get rid of beard. It had reached the merely slightly bothersome to get rid of point.  Thinking about it just now it made me realise how much we obsess over hair.  We want to get rid of in certain places.  We want to it to keep growing in certain places.  We have all sorts of rules of  what is acceptable grooming of the hair we want around and what isn't, rules which often don't make sense for the type of hair we have.  And all this results in who knows how many billions of dollars a year spent on having people do things to it, and buying stuff to put in it or on it, or to remove it.  Just imagine how much free time and money you'd have if you just ignored it.

At least until it got to the point were it became a hazard, like getting caught in doors, or causing you to trip.  So maybe we better not get too blaise about it.

Snip, Snip, Buzz, Buzz.

Because I get lazy about shaving I keep ending up with these stupid beards.  The longer you let a stupid beard grow, the harder it is to get rid of.  So I spent a bunch of time this morning with a cheap pair of scissors cutting it down to size, then using the razor(electric user here) to get rid of what's left. 

You'd think I'd know better given how much of a bother it is.  And I look better without a beard, especially since it makes me look some years younger without one.  The only advantage I can see for me having one is in the winter, when it might keep my face a bit warmer at times.  Even then the moustache part of it just ends up collecting condensation, which turns to ice, which doesn't help.

No, you won't see any pictures of my facial hair.  Don't even bother asking.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow.

I picked up a copy of the 2007 Ibanez Guitars catalogue today. It includes headshots of various Ibanez players. Looking at the hairdos on some of them you wonder if they realise it's 2007. Of course if you have the same hair style long enough there's a chance it will become popular again. But if you're a guy and too long goes by you may not have enough hair left when your prefered 'do does become hip again to pull it off.

Here's an odd thought: Why is it that male facial hair is always groomed symetrically? That is people have moustaches, beards etc. of equal size on each side of their faces. No one would have a moustache that only has hair on one side of their face. Compare this with the hair on the head, which is shaped in all sorts of asymetrical ways, even if its something like a simple part. No one would give a second thought to you having your hair parted on one side, but if you wore a beard on only one side of your face people would think you were some sort of weirdo.

Its beard update time. Johnny Damon, previously mentioned here, has shaved off his southern rock dude beard. He did it in exchange for Gilette giving 15 grand to Boston libraries. Not a bad tradeoff. He still retains his long flowing locks. Now if he was playing for the Yankees Steinbrenner would never have let him near the clubhouse with either that beard or that hairdo.