Writing

I'm writing a column. I'll publish it later today. But only online; it's not going near the paper. I was hoping that my columns' status would have been settled by now, but this has not happened. And I want to get one out in March. And because I never wrote these FOR the paper; I wrote them for ME. The Journal was just who got to print them first.

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Google Docs does not like the word "mop". It insists that I have misspelled "map."

March 2012 Column: Raising my hair is an experience

I shaved my head.

This was not done for any of the many reasons that could be (and have been) potentially speculated upon: I am not sick; I am not supporting anyone who is sick; I am not making a statement; I did not have gum in my hair (although I have had that happen, just not this time); I did not have lice (although I have had that happen (twice), just not this time); and I did not feel that I needed to look just that little bit more like an ex-con dock worker.

I shaved my head because I woke up and I was sick of having hair.

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