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photos from the White Mountains

11 Observations from under a haircut

So, cut off my long hair last August -- so looking decidedly un-hippy these days. (And in case you were going to ask, I cut it off because it was too hot in the summer time and annoying when doing anything in the great outdoors. Briars caught in it and woodland creatures nested in it...) Here's what I've noticed since losing my long, flowing locks:  

1) I get better seats in restaurants.  

2) People tell me I look younger.  

3) Random women no longer play with my hair in line at Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks. 4) I don't get friendly nods from other guys with beards and pony-tails these days. I think we were an informal club.  

5) People are less likely to shout "Sasquatch!" and take blurry photos of me as I pass. 6) No one asks me if I have any weed to sell any more.  

7) My students think I'm meaner than I used to be.  

8) My receding hairline is no longer receding. Conclusion: tying my hair back was making me lose hair.  

9) I have to trim my beard more often or I look like Crazy-Hillbilly-Guy.  

10) So far I'm out almost three hundred dollars in haircuts.

11) My Jesus-Pez-dispenser impression is much less funny than it once was.

Soon -- soon -- we will all have jetpacks

SWISS MAN SOARS ABOVE ALPS WITH HOMEMADE JET-POWERED WING 

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press Writer  

BEX, Switzerland (AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps. Yves Rossy's performance in front of the world press capped five years of training and many more years of dreaming. "This flight was absolutely excellent," the former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast said after touching down on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva. Story Here