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DADT, foreign policy, GOP, John McCain, North Korea, religious right, Sarah Palin, sex, STD's, wikileaks, Women's issues
I stopped after church yesterday to get my hair cut. It’s a fancy place, La Cost Cutters. French I think. They are intent on bringing high coiffure to the average jane, so they locate in Wal-Mart.
Now let me explain that my hair grows like the worst weed you’ve ever encountered. I imagine zillions of little guys on bicycles pedaling away, spinning out my hair.
For years I solved this problem by not getting it cut and wearing it loooooong. This finally grew tiresome and I started whacking it off around the shoulders and then just twisting it up and clipping it. I am tres chic.
Finally I grew tired of this, so I decided to get ‘er done in a short style, something most old women (which I’m now approaching) finally do. I wanted it short. The first stylist did a great job. That was several months ago. Since then, I’ve had a line of stylists who seem to have difficulty with the word “cut.” They nibble around at the edges.
“Go ahead and cut it. It grows so fast that no ‘to short’ will last more than two weeks,” I encourage.
But they don’t get it. They are afraid. Or, it’s a conspiracy to get more money out of me by getting me there more often.
But what gets me is the strange questions. “Cut it about one inch,” I order, while showing them with my fingers.
They cut the crown, and then ask, “Do you want any taken off the sides?”
“I dunno,” I want to say, “does it not all grow at the same time?”
I mean if it needs an inch cut off, wouldn’t that mean all over? Or from their perch above me, are they seeing something up there that I don’t? Am I a genetic abnormal?
I probably could solve all this by requesting the same stylist. But I go on Sunday after all, and they rotate those schedules. And further more, I really don’t give a flying floozy much about my hair, just want it presentable. I like the convenience of “walking in” and have no desire to make stupid appointments.
Perhaps I have the wrong insider language. You know, hair lingo. Help me here. Am I somehow saying things wrong?
Anyway, mostly I like my hair. A quick wash, a little “do” and let it dry, and brush it. And, well, it’s good to go. All this because the Contrarian assured me that he never was with a group of men who saw a great looking woman go by where anyone exclaimed, “look at that hair-do! wow, isn’t it great?” They seemed, he noted, to be more enamored of certain other features, mostly on the front end above the waist, if ya get my drift.
My hair thanks them for this.
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I don’t have links to this but I read it over the weekend. Someone reported that John McCain is talking about “regime change” in North Korea. Now that sends a major chill down the spine doesn’t it? Thank God he is not the CIC. And on the DADT front, John, who cannot get anyone in the military to agree with him, came out with this nasty mean remark:
There was never anything wrong with DADT. It was working fine, until an inexperienced” candidate for President decided to mess with it. (paraphrased)
John is just the worst sort of sore loser I’ve come across.
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I’m not sure how I feel about the “wikileaks” thing. I guess my government is more incompetent than I thought. Generally I’m not in favor of secrets. But I recognize that sometimes very sensitive negotiations require it. In the end, I guess openness all the way around works best. But I’m persuadable on this issue. What say you?
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Another thing I noted in reading over the weekend. STD’s are way up in Southern Alaska, home of “just say no” abstinence. HIV infection is up in the South where states embrace abstinence only and other tactics to make it difficult for people to get HIV inhibitor drugs. Doncha just love the compassion of the religious right? How’s that abstinency thing workin’ for ya Sarah, as someone noted.
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I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism. And I have a communications degree.”—To Sean Hannity, in a Fox News interview, Nov. 22, 2010.
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Palin continues to demonstrate her complete lack of comprehension about much of anything. She apparently recently tweeted that since she was able to stop publication of parts of her latest ghostly written book, the government should be able to stop the wikileaks. To equate her silly book and government secrets in the same breath is breathtakingly stupid. The laws and court cases governing are NOT remotely the same. But of course, she doesn’t read so we can’t expect her to know that.
Okay, so my fascination with this train wreck continues. I find her laughable, but I also find her dangerous should she continue to manipulate the public for her own personal aggrandizement. AlterNet provides you with some provocative reactions to Sarah’s testing of the waters.
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If it comes as a surprise that the GOP has so many women in the mix these days, think again. This doesn’t mean that women are finding their voice in the GOP. They are there because they assist in the Repucklian plan to reduce women to the stay at home little non-entities they think they really are. Read the Republican War Against Women.
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Thomas Bryner said:
I had hair past my shoulders for years, and probably will again someday.
Sherry said:
lol Thomas, that must have been something to see!
Ahab said:
Must be nice. My hair grows at a snail’s pace.
Regarding Wikileaks, I’m inclined to smile upon the leaks. A little transparency is good for democracy.
Sherry said:
Isn’t it weird how different men’s and women’s hair tends to be?
I’m coming down as not so upset about the wikileaks. Although the MSM seems to suggest it’s a disaster, much online seems much less so with foreign govts suggesting they understand, since they do the same. We just got caught with our panties down.
Thomas Bryner said:
Oh, and doesn’t John McCain sound a little like the villain in every episode of Scooby-Doo? “And it would have worked, too, if not for these meddling kids!”
Sherry said:
He is just the nastiest of humans. God what a poor selfish revengeful sot.
Jan said:
When I had longer hair in college and was dating my future husband, he told me later that my hair made me look like a cocker spaniel. Oh, well, I love that type of dog.
Sherry said:
It is funny Jan when you think about how women obscess about their hair. I mean, cut, color, straight, curl, we go nuts about it, and men I think, hardly notice.
Tony said:
Barbers and Haidressers Naturally cut more, or lot less than one asks for. They Rule!
I don’t have That problem; been bald on top for years. (Clear sign of Thinking too Much!)
Few will bother to read what is in WikiLeaks; Media doesn’t say. Main reading will be by those who Shouldn’t read them: Those Mentioned in the reports.
Spying on Others has been Routine by Embassies on Other Embassies, Countries, as has always been in the United Nations. We learned in College 50 years ago.
Public Radio reported that the Humerous nicknames for foreign leadwrs was just State insider humor, to lighten their beaurocratic day.
Sherry said:
Tony, lol…well the Contrarian doesn’t think himself bald, he thinks he’d have a luxurious head of hair if I’d only let him grow it long. Guess he things those 20 strands on top will cover up the dome!
okjimm said:
wowzers… funny you should write this… I was thinking of getting a haircut just the other day…. until I realized that one style job equals almost 7 red ales!
Better to be long of hair than short of beer. Just sayin’ is all!
Sherry said:
I know the problem Jimmy—food, or a laptop? Food or a laptop? such hard decisions to make!
snoringdogstudio said:
If they only cut the top, you’re going to end up with a mullet. Stay alert during the haircut. It’s easy to get all distracted what with the massage/shampoo and the aromatherapy. WikiLeaks? I’m leaning toward feeling pretty irritated with the sharing of secrets, but also astonished at the ineptness of government and the peeps in charge of IT security. McCain and Palin: I’m not sure you even need a third stooge to create that comedy act.
Sherry said:
You bet I do keep alert. I just find hairdressers odd in the questions they ask me.
As to the leaks: I too find the most disturbing aspect how lousy our govt is in keeping it’s secrets.