Attention Men: Bald is Sexy, Toupees Are Not

So we went to see the Rockies versus the Dodgers last night. The Rockies lost (again), but we enjoyed the game and visiting with my Aunt and Uncle, who are two of the nicest people on the planet.

After we had sat down and ate our Rockies Dogs, a couple came down and sat in the seat in front of us. The woman had Farrah Fawcett hair and was a Dodgers fan. We knew this because she told everyone around her that she was, and how excited she was to see them at Coors Field.

Now, being a Dodgers fan isn't usually grounds for being thrown over the rail of the Lower Reserved Infield, but in her case I was willing to make an exception. She was loud. She probably thought she was being friendly and funny. She wasn't. She cheered loudly and leaped to her feet every time a Dodger hit a ball - even when it was foul. She kept treating us to a whale-tail view of her Superman Thong every time she stood up or sat down. She was just fucking annoying. But the real blog-fodder came from her male companion.

While he was not obnoxious in any overt way, he had one of the worst toupee's I have ever seen. It just sat there like a skinned rat on the top of his head. That's bad enough, but it was filthy. And I mean filthy. It had grotty clumps of God-knows-what stuck in it, looking almost like he had put the glue on the outside instead of the inside. It had no sheen or natural luster whatsoever. It had tiny bits of detritus in it, which looked like dandruff. How you manage to get dandruff in a toupee is beyond me, though. I would not have been surprised to see a colony of bugs who might have taken up residence for the duration.

Ew. Just ew.

Attention, men! If you find yourself going bald, please do the world (and yourself) a favor and just shave your head. Don't try and comb it over. Don't buy a cheap toupee. And please don't assume that your grotty, filthy, disgusting toupee makes you more attractive than being bald. Because it doesn't. In any way. Even if your head has an odd shape, it's still better than walking around town with a health hazard glued to your noggin. Shave your head. Bald is sexy. Bald is fashionable. Bald is easy to take care of, and you won't inadvertently provide a home to a colony of gnats, or worse.

But best of all, bald is not a cheap, laughable toupee. Do it for your girlfriend. Do it for yourself. Do it for the Children. Just do it.

Happy Anniversary

Frequent commenter and family member Cindi in CO is celebrating her wedding anniversary today. She and her Smart Man have been married for like, 100 years. Seriously. He calls her "Edith" and she calls him "Homer," and it (obviously) works for them.

So Happy Anniversary!

Busy, Busy, but Not

I have a lot to do this weekend. I have my regular reading and homework for my Law, Policy and Politics class. I have a paper on the legalization of gay marriage due May 13th. I have to finish my spring yard work after a trip to Home Depot last night. My Smart Man and I are going to go see the Rockies and the Dodgers play tonight at Coors Field with my Aunt and Uncle. Tomorrow is Anne's Open House, which we're planning on attending. I'd like to practice my bass.

So why am I writing a blog entry at 10:00 a.m., when I have so much to do?

Because I'm feeling exceedingly unmotivated today.

I really don't feel like doing anything except playing Age of Empires and knitting.

Unfortunately, that's not really an option. I'm going to be in San Diego for a gal's weekend next weekend, so I can't put off my school work. I didn't do my yard work last weekend because the weather was crappy and I didn't go to Lowe's. So now I'm really trying to convince myself to get cracking.

Yeah, you can see how well that's working out.

Credit Card Reform - You Think?

I read in the Washington Post this morning that the Federal Reserve is planning on cracking down on credit card companies for some of their more unsavory practices. According to the Post:

"The proposed regulations, which could be finalized by year's end, would label as 'unfair or deceptive' practices that consumers have long complained about. That includes charging interest on debt that has been repaid and assessing late fees when consumers are not given a reasonable amount of time to make a payment. When different interest rates apply to different balances on one card, companies would be prohibited from applying a payment first to the balance with the lowest rate...'Disclosure has been the tool of choice for regulators. Now they are saying that unfair practices are out of control and they need to ban those practices,' said Edmund Mierzwinski, consumer program director for U.S. PIRG, a consumer advocacy group. 'This is surprising coming from banking regulators.'"

You think?

Credit card companies have to be the most sleazy, manipulative, greedy asshats in our society. Seriously. Can you think of a legal industry that preys more on the uninformed and uneducated in order to line their pockets? And if you don't believe that they have nefarious motivations, feel free to watch Frontline's "Secret History of the Credit Card".

And their K Street cronies keep the wheels greased for them. The new bankruptcy laws were heavily supported by the credit card companies, since it placed limits on whether or not someone could file Chapter 7 (liquidation) rather than Chapter 13 (repayment). Because really, when someone has to file bankruptcy due to a medical event, the credit card companies shouldn't have to forgo payment. That's just crazy talk.

While I realize that I'm a liberal wackadoo and that influences my opinion, I'm glad the Fed is taking an interest in this matter and more heavily regulating credit card companies. Whenever I hear about how profitable credit cards are, I always think of the tirade uttered by my favorite Boston Legal character, Jerry Espenson, when he was discussing the "terms and conditions" of a credit card agreement. I can't find the exact quote, but he essentially says, "I have a law degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard, and even I can't figure out what this means!"

Just so.

Who Cares? Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 18

Mariah Carey marries Nick Cannon in surprise wedding! The couple impulsively wed on a Caribbean island Nick just bought! Is Nick marrying her for her money? For status? Who Cares!

Bleh

It's snowing here this morning. Disappointing after yesterday's 75 degree day...

Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History, Volume VII

This is Johnnie Carr. She died of a stroke on February 22, 2008 in Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 97.

While the name "Rosa Parks" is the one people usually associate with women of color in the Civil Rights Movement, I would submit that Johnnie Carr is the unsung heroine of that story.

Mrs. Carr succeeded the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1967, a post she held at her death. It was that group that led the boycott of city buses in 1955 after Mrs. Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to whites on a crowded bus. As the civic group’s president, Mrs. Carr helped lead several initiatives to improve race relations and conditions for blacks. She was involved in a lawsuit to desegregate Montgomery schools, with her son, Arlam Jr., then 13, the named plaintiff.

In a time when women were considered second class citizens, and black people were considered third class citizens, Mrs. Carr not only stood up, but did so in a way that resulted in real change. Articulate, dignified, and tenacious, her work helped lead the way at a time when those in power were ferociously defending the status quo.

When asked about her life in civil rights, Mrs. Carr responded, “When we first started, we weren’t thinking about history, we were thinking about the conditions and the discrimination.”

Dedicated, feisty, unrepentant, and yes, ill-behaved. A life well-lived, Mrs. Carr. Thank you for your work.

H/T to The Associated Press, for the background material.