Monday's Missives

• Some time ago after a bunch of bills, having to buy a car, my contract work slowing down a little and a move etc. I found myself standing in a grocery store with my son having to decide between which was the cheapest of products, what would feed us best and the longest and tell him he couldn't have anything extra he asked for- I was ashamed. But really, I knew it would be very temporary and things could have been way worse. The first thing I thought was, there are people who have to make these decisions every day and not only those, but do I pay this bill or that? Do I eat or buy my medicine?



• I'm OK with being bald, but would like to have had great hair, I think it helps you a lot socially.



• Goatee, soul patch, Fu Manchu, chin beard and shaved in the middle mustache with two ends left (whatever that is called): different permutations of facial hair I've had through the years.



• The Crystal Method Keep Hope Alive.