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My New Haircut

When Carol and I go on long road trips we seldom listen to music. We don’t even turn on the radio. We spend most of the time talking or listening to each other. The following dialog is a short portion of a conversation we had this week while driving home from Louisville. Carol: You know you will need to get a haircut before Patrick’s wedding. Michael: I know. Carol: Please, please don’t get another crappy haircut. This time it matters. You don’t want to embarrass Patrick with your usual stupid Super Cuts haircut. Michael: The Super Cuts haircuts don’t always suck. Once or twice I have come home with a Super Cut and you haven’t even noticed. Carol: In thirty-two years how often has that happened? Michael: Maybe twice…okay once. Carol: How many have sucked? How many times has your haircut been so severe that you could see white, untanned skin all around your neck? How many of your cheap haircuts have taken your head weeks to recover? Michael: Okay, that ...

Retirement: A Stairway to Heaven

Retirement is neither bad nor good. It is a blank slate. A time to reflect and look under my own hood. I guess I could just sit around and wonder what it might feel like to be ninety seven Or I could try to learn something relevant on ukulele like the Stairway to Heaven.