http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/ a blog in ever-shifting standing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/comment-page-1/#comment-240961 Chris O. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:51:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/#comment-240961 My wife hates bald men. I am going bald. It is taking forever. I shave my head and it looks funny. I let my hair grow out and it looks funny. I figure the only way to draw attention away from my head is to cut it off. I could wear a hat but then I look like Charlie Hustle. No one wants to look like Charlie Hustle. If you would have told me when I was a young man that I would eventually lose all my hair I would have killed myself on the spot. I don't want to die, though. I try and pretend that my life is not half way over and that I have accomplished everything I set out to do but my hair will not let me lose myself in this illusion. My hair is mocking me. My hair is mean. I tell my hair to mind its own business and in response my hair tosses a few more strands onto my pillow. I must have done something horrible in my last life to be stuck with a head of hair such as this. In my next life I want to be Johnny Depp. When I was a teenager I wanted to be Richard Grieco, and considering how anonymous that guy is, I guess I succeeded. Next time I should aim higher. My wife hates bald men. I am going bald. It is taking forever. I shave my head and it looks funny. I let my hair grow out and it looks funny. I figure the only way to draw attention away from my head is to cut it off. I could wear a hat but then I look like Charlie Hustle. No one wants to look like Charlie Hustle. If you would have told me when I was a young man that I would eventually lose all my hair I would have killed myself on the spot. I don’t want to die, though. I try and pretend that my life is not half way over and that I have accomplished everything I set out to do but my hair will not let me lose myself in this illusion. My hair is mocking me. My hair is mean. I tell my hair to mind its own business and in response my hair tosses a few more strands onto my pillow. I must have done something horrible in my last life to be stuck with a head of hair such as this. In my next life I want to be Johnny Depp. When I was a teenager I wanted to be Richard Grieco, and considering how anonymous that guy is, I guess I succeeded. Next time I should aim higher.

]]> http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/comment-page-1/#comment-240933 Kathleen Maher Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:41:25 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/#comment-240933 What woman doesn't love bald men? My younger, nicer sister has loved bald men since grade school. Whenever we attended the Chicago Symphony, my sister and I sat in the top seats so she could count the clean heads. In church she stood on the kneeler to get her eyeful. In high-school, since few teenagers were balding yet, she dated a guy who'd shaved his head for affect. In all other ways my sister disdains affected people. But voluntary baldness in men? She sees the appeal. And yes, her husband is quite bald and was practically there when she married him at twenty-five. What woman doesn’t love bald men? My younger, nicer sister has loved bald men since grade school. Whenever we attended the Chicago Symphony, my sister and I sat in the top seats so she could count the clean heads. In church she stood on the kneeler to get her eyeful.
In high-school, since few teenagers were balding yet, she dated a guy who’d shaved his head for affect. In all other ways my sister disdains affected people. But voluntary baldness in men? She sees the appeal.
And yes, her husband is quite bald and was practically there when she married him at twenty-five.

]]> http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/comment-page-1/#comment-240925 Erin O'Brien Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:20:05 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/the-other-bald-man/#comment-240925 I love bald men. I love bald men.

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