I've Decided To Grow A Beard

I've Decided To Grow A Beard

Now that it looks like this situation is going to keep me in the house for a few months, I've Decided To Grow A Beard. I looked up Beard styles on the internet and decided to go with a short Beard and mustache. It will take at least one to two months, however, that might be long enough before I have to go in public or sit down with all my friends (who would probably like my beard.) My wonderful wife said: "go for it,"but, I'll probably shave it off in September.

In my thirties I had a beard and mustache. five years later my mustache (not my beard) went from black to gray. One day I decided to take a black mascara pencil and cover the gray. It looked great until one day, at work, I sneezed and took a Kleenex to wipe my runny nose. That day I walked into the lunch room and everybody started laughing at me because half my mustache was gray and the other half was black.

A few years later the beard and mustache went all gray. The hair, on the top of my head, was still brown, but the gray beard and mustache looked ridiculous. I decided to shave the beard and mustache off. Now, my hair is all gray/white. Since I'm house bound and not going out to visit friends, family or our bar friends, I've Decided To Grow A Beard no matter what it's going to look like.

What are you doing at this time? Maybe it's time to try something new. Young people should try changing their appearance. Older people should try changing their appearance. For example:

1- Young people should buy a suit and tie and see how you look in it. Your day in Corporate America might be coming (unless you go into the high-tech field).

2- Women who can't go to a hair dresser, should think about trying the products over the counter. You might find out that for way too many years, you've been spending $100 instead of spending $10 at your local CVS. 

3- Older women who can't go to a hair dresser, should think about trying to go natural (letting your hair grow out). What do you have to lose? When this virus is over (and it will be), you can always go back to your favorite hair dresser and change it back (in two/three months). I have an older friend who decided to let her tinted brown hair to go back to her natural color (gray) and she never looked better.

4- Men and women, it's time to go for a different look. Women and men get stuck in a look that they think has always looked good. Their hair styles have and still are from many, many years past. Most of them don't really look good to their friends, families, and significant others, who have never said anything all these years.

5- Men especially, never change their looks and their significant others hated the way they looked, but never said anything. This is the time to experiment. Men, change your fu.king clothes (Amazon and others have many to pick from). I'm sure your significant other will help you. She or He probably wanted you to look differently for many, many years, but never said so because they thought you might get mad.

My Ellen changed my look many years ago. I went from John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever to someone who looked like a normal (and good looking) 45-year-old.  

I know I'm being wild and crazy, but if you're ever going to try something new,

 NOW IS THE TIME!

We Are All Going To Die - Sometime Anyway

We Are All Going To Die - Sometime Anyway

Do you remember the E Coli virus? This was an epidemic (not a pandemic), however many of us were scared to death that we would die. However, how many of you ever got an E-Coli vaccine? Not you or I unless we've decided to go to Africa. 

The AIDS virus was considered neither an epidemic nor a pandemic to the vast majority of the population, but it killed more Americans than the current Carnivorous. To the gay community, this was a pandemic. 

Then, when the scientists found that non-gay people (gay or not) could get AIDS, everyone was scared they might die. When that happened, it was only then when we invented an AIDS cocktail that could keep us alive. Today, there is still no vaccine for AIDS. Why, because stupid people still believe AIDS is a gay thing.

DEATH to the average guy or girl, is the current motivator for any major work to create a cure. This Virus is a killer. We all know it is, but, is it a bigger than the flu, heart disease and Cancer? The fact is, it is not. Sooo, why are we invested trillions of dollars to cure this virus and only millions to CURE the flu, heart disease or most important, CANCER.

My answer is simple, since We Are All Going To Die - Sometime Anyway, we have accepted that flu, heart disease and Cancer is a way of life. Somehow, we have convinced ourselves that it is more important to go to Mars than to cure CANCER. What does that tell us about our own society and our government?

We have all accepted that the flu has a major positive economic impact on our society. What if there was a cure for the flu? Think about the drug stores not having two selves filled with flu and cold medicines - the country would go into economic disaster. Think about the Pharmaceutical companies who would lose billions of dollars and the many employees who would lose their jobs?  This is what we, as a society, have accepted to stop us from dyeing since, We Are All Going To Die - Sometime Anyway.

Think about the impact on the medical community and the Pharmaceutical industry (in addition their employees) if no human ever got heart disease or Cancer? This would be an economic disaster.

This Virus will kill many. It has already become an economic disaster. I am happy that we are spending millions and trillions to get a cure, but, why has it come to this specific killer before we recognize that other killers like flu, heart disease and Cancer are the main cause of DEATH??

The answer is that, the Government and the major the major Corporations have convinced us that no matter what we do, 

We Are All Going To Die - Sometime Anyway

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

In this time when we are all stuck in our homes, contacting people we know today and in the past is important for your mental health. OK, but what about the people we don't like or has done bad things to us or has or stopped being friends for no apparent reason? The answer is:

Forgiveness

I know some people are assholes. I know it's against your principals to be the first one to call. I know that picking up the phone will be very hard. I know holding a grudge (like a dog with a bone) seems to be the right thing to do or the macho thing to do.  

I say, under normal circumstances, that may be acceptable to you, but these are not normal circumstances. These days, everybody needs somebody. These days everybody, including the ones you don't talk to, are in the same boat with you. Some of your ex-friends and/or ex-relatives are scared, depressed and really want to talk to anybody that will make them feel better. 

Sooo, why not try to contact them? What 's the worst that can happen? You may be really surprised at the result. You may even find out how good it feels to practice:

 Forgiveness

Will Life Ever Be Back To Normal

Will Life Ever Be Back To Normal

I you are one of a few people who believe this Virus will last forever and most of us will die, get on an anti-depressant ASAP. If you believe life will never be the same, talk to someone who can help you through this.

The fact is that life is going to be like it is today for longer than the Government is telling you. When the Government says that we should hit the peak of this virus by the summer, that does not mean that life will go back to normal by the summer. Peak does not mean OVER. Peak means that we will still have to be diligent and protect ourselves.

OVER means that nobody is infected and nobody is a carrier. I believe that since there will not be a shot you can get until next year, it will take until the end of 2020 to get back to normal. However, what is normal anymore?

By September, some stores will be open that are not open now. By September, there will be a sports page in the newspaper longer than one page because some sports will be happening with or without fans. By September, you will be able to go to your doctor for a normal check-up or a normal flu or an everyday ache and pain. By September, hospitals will have all the things they need to heal the sick. By September, stores will have plenty of paper products and canned foods.

By November, we will be able to go to a restaurant and a bar (hooo-ray). By November we will have the family over for Thanksgiving. By November we will be ready for the Christmas season and shopping on Black Friday. By November, that stock market will have recovered and most people will be back to work.

By December life will be close to what it was before this outbreak. However, there will still be crazy people that believe the world is coming to an end. Some, that were not depressed before the Virus, will still be depressed. We will still be careful hugging and kissing friends and family. A friendly handshake to someone you meet at your local bar, will probably still be an elbow bump. 

This Will Be The New Normal

People, I don't know about you, but I can live with the new normal. It's a hell of a lot better than it is today.