I’m not self-absorbed enough to think that anybody cares about my hair, but I have a feeling that I’m not the only one to have wrestled with this subject:

 To cut off all my hair, or not to cut off all my hair (and I mean ALL my hair).

I’ve always kind of thought that people who do that are saying, “I give up on my hair and I’m starting all over!”

Several people pull off that look pretty well (ENMU sports information director Adam Pitterman and Howie Mandell come to mind).

But before I say, ‘Deal or no Deal’ to the rest of my hair, I can also think of a few people who probably should have kept their hair where it was (Lex Luthor and Sinead O’Connor).

I was shocked a few years ago, when visiting a friend in Portales to see that his dome met the business end of a pair of clippers, and it wasn’t a pretty site. (I think he knows who he is. Let’s just call him Kavin) He currently has a full head of hair, so maybe it started as a really bad haircut, and he decided to cash in all of his chips.

I’m in the middle of several bad haircuts, but it’s my own fault.

I’ve been letting my wife cut my hair, the last two years under the logic of: Why pay for a bad haircut, when I can get one for free at home?

In considering the bald (I mean bold) move, I also have to consider a few things.

1) Do I have a strange shaped head with weird bumps that I’ve never noticed because of my natural rug?

The last thing I want people to think, is that I’m a walking whack-a-mole game.

2) It’s summer time, and my face and head burn easily. Is this as big of a problem as it seems?

3) I really don’t want people touching my head.

There is a lot to think about here, and these were just a few questions and thoughts off the top of my head.

Edit: Click on the Editors Notebook on the homepage and check out the website of the day for July 1. I think it may give you a chuckle or two.

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