Solidio, Blogfest, Hair

Blogging Doldrums Week continues, with a couple of unrelated items:

Item the first:  My pal, former co-worker (twice), and all-around groovy gal Julie Graf has put the finishing touches on her Web site, which is all about her hand-made wood and metal craftwork.  Please give Solidio a look, I think that you'll find some excellent stuff there.  Probably not too late for Mom's Day...

Also, you can find Julie and her products this last Sunday at I Made It! at the Garfield Artworks.  (Oops!  J.G., gotta give me a little more heads-up next time!)  Ok, THIS Saturday you can find her at The Craft Factory at The Mattress Factory.

Item the second:  Pittsburgh Blogfest #10 will be held at Finnegan's Wake tomorrow (Thursday) night from 5:30 until whatever time such as we all get sick of each other.  Yours truly will be in attendance.  If you have a blog, if you're thinking about starting a blog, if you read a blog, if you're just bored and just want to say the word "blog" a lot, then come on down. 

Item the third:  My hairline has been receding, slowly, since roughly around 1983.  However, it's been a slow process, and while there's a lot more forehead up there than there used to be, I'm still miles away from being bald.

Last night, my barber mentioned that given my particular follicle impairment (receding hairline, but still plenty thick in back and on the sides, with nary a hint of male-pattern-baldnes), I'd be a good candidate for hair implants.

Now I've never even considered anything other than growing balder with dignity, and in general I'm not a particularly vain person -- but I do have to confess, the thought of preventing or maybe just minimizing my chrome-dome-ness does have some appeal.  I've always thought that hair implants, at least in the John Fedko thousands-of-little-sprigs-of-hair-on-your-forehead stage, look ridiculous.  But perhaps they've improved the technology?  Anybody have any first- or second-hand info on this?  Don't make me do a Google search on this, people -- help a follically-challenged brother out.

Oh, and just in case there's some reason that you don't read Tunesmith and Anthony on a daily basis -- first of all, shame on you, and second of all, enjoy this.

Comments

[deadlytoque]

Perhaps to help us decide your best hair-course, you could post a photo of your current scalp? I'd feel more comfortable doing a bit of legwork on this if I knew what I was working with.

[Steve "Crikey" Norwin]

I've heard there's a considerable deal of discomfort. In other words, it hurts like a mother while it heals, basically because they're drilling little tiny holes in your head and shoving hair follicles under the skin.

The good news is that it looks better than the bad-baby-doll-hair.

Frankly, if I could afford it, I'd consider it. I have no shame. I am not going bald gracefully, dammit, I'm bitching and complaining every step of the way!

[Susan]

Bob, it was good to meet you and your fellow bloggers at Blogfest last night. I learned a lot of interesting things about bad art, bad movies, intoxicated fish, the destruction of the planet, and what not to drink (thanks, SIDT).

Like your blog...as for the plugs, um, maybe consider a buzz cut or closer cropped 'do before anything so drastic? Or, I think as someone else suggested, use the barren space for your UPMC tattoo?

[julie]

thanks for the shout-out bob! :) you are the best-est.