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Hair Yesterday, Gone Today
KONK REACTOR column
[Published in the KONK Life newspaper on March 15, 2012.]
Hair Yesterday, Gone Today
My recent columns have been pretty serious, so let’s get trivial for a change….
For over 40 years David Crosby’s been singing about “letting my freak flag fly” in his CSNY anthem Almost Cut My Hair. And other than my Army years and my early days at IBM, I’ve pretty much followed that philosophy (to varying extremes). I’ve always proudly identified with the Freaks – and the Geeks, the Nerds, the Hippies and even (curiously enough) the Jocks -– all of which reflect my characteristics. I can honestly say that these associations have never held me back to any noticeable extent.
Now the LADIES may disagree with that – it seems that most of them aren’t fans of long hair on the guys. I first met Maria during my early IBM days (more…)