THE CHALLENGE TO CHANGE

Can a zebra change its stripes? Ok, maybe I mixed an animal metaphor, but this picture didn't have any spots. By the way, did you know that the zebra is really black with white stripes?

I've sported a mustache and goatee for several years now. Some of my friends have never seen me clean shaven. But watch out! I've finally left the '80s and am smooth faced. That's right--no more hair.

I was getting tired of the old look. The one that had turned grayer and grayer and grayer over the years. The trimming. The careful use of a razor over and around corners of the goatee. But I never felt I had a goatee. The first I ever saw was Maynard G. Krebs' on The Dobie Gillis Show. Mine didn't look like his, but I guess it was in fact a goatee.

Hairy, I am a two a day shaver. I hate the sticky, stubby feel. I also hate the white or gray hairs of unshavenness. The current trend by those who set current trends is to have a three day growth. Not me. Not even when all I had was blackness of beard. That look reminds me of Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show. Or Earthquake McGoon from Lil' Abner. Not for me.

So if you're a hairy guy, take the challenge. Shave and be a clean cut man. It may not be the '50s anymore, but it's not the '80's either.