Them's the breaks

 

It looks like I'm going to have to get a haircut and start combing my hair. The Boris Johnson look is now going out of style now that dear Boris is headed to the ashcan of history.  One politcal truism is that is better to be lucky than to be right. Brexit was a lousy idea, especially when Covid caused major disruptions in supply and labor. The Russian war made things worse. The knowledge that two sovereign parts of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and England had a tariff between them did not help things. Then there were the Covid parties at 10 Downing Street when normal people could not visit their own dying relatives. America again has the pleasure of observing Britain's troubles. Them's the breaks. 

A gnomes village

Traipsing through my local park a few months ago I spotted a gnomes village. It seems to be collecting more stuff and expanding. It has yet to be discovered by the camera crews and YouTubers that go for these types of things so I am not revealing the exact location. Sort of cute. I had to look up the word "gnomes" on the Internet. 

 

I shaved off the beard

It started with Covid. Millions of men throughout the world had to do something with their newly minted time. Many did home projects, maybe even watched the kids do school on the computer. Of course millions of men grew beards. I noticed on a hike that summer that most of the men were sporting facial hair they didn't have before. Since they didn't have to look presentable at the office they could grow their hair longer, grow a mustache or beard and even cut back on the once daily showers. 

Today I was looking up information on the Real ID program, and at one point I had to find my driver's license. I looked at the picture and said "boy, what a good looking guy". I then looked at the mirror and it struck me. Even though friends were supportive in the beginning, the truth is that a scraggly beard does not really add to my appearance. In a moment of spontaneity, I shaved it off. Did most of it with the electric razor but I had to use an old Bick disposable to finish off the job. Even now I have a five o'clock shadow.