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HAIRY SITUATION // GETTING DRESSED // WOMEN & SEX
Published: 1/14/2011 5:00 PM
Last Modified: 1/14/2011 5:00 PM


I spent a few minutes pondering what shape I would render from my beard, were it full enough; but nothing came to mind. Hopefully, nothing ever will.

I haven't shaved since last year -- specifically, Sunday, Dec. 26. It's the longest I've ever gone without shaving.

And I have no idea why I'm doing it. My response to people who ask "Are you trying to grow a beard?" is usually, "No, I'm just lazy." It's either that or say, "No, why?" But that usually confuses people.

OK, so it's partly being lazy and a smidgen of trying something new. It also might be a tiny fraction of hiding behind something until I've lost some weight -- which is rather stupid because hair-covered fat seems like it would be less attractive than shaved fat, right? Lord, that was an unattractive mental picture.

Anyway, I might shave it before church this weekend, but who knows. The Lord, probably. In the mean time, I'm playing it by ear, for lack of a follicular, non-music-related cliche. We shall see ...

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I'm hesitant to order a shrimp po'boy north of Hattiesburg, Miss., having had one at a local establishment here not long after I moved to Tulsa, and it had TWO shrimp on it. Seriously -- one, two. Perhaps that was the chef's subtle-ish way of saying, "You should've gotten grilled, Porky." Whatever, they're outta business.

So this week, having read Scott Cherry's review last week and hearing a friend rave about it, a friend of mine and I tried Ella's, 31st and Harvard -- and I ordered the shrimp po'boy. Initially nervous, I soon had a good feeling after asking our waiTer, "Does it come dressed?" and he knew what I meant (he lived in Alabama, after all).

While my friend and I waited on our boys, we noshed on fried okra (best I've had in town, by the way). When our po'boys came, there were AWESOME -- much more than two measly shrimp. And the fries were fabulous!

Then, my friend twisted my arm into sharing a homemade brownie topped with ice cream -- delish. But the thing we'll be back for are those po-boys and fries.

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Probably not the smoothest transition, but let's jump from shrimp to sex. Men's Health surveyed 1,400 women in their 20s, 30s and 40s about their deepest dating and sex secrets, the stats about which appear in the Jan/Feb issue of Men's Health.

Other interesting bits from the survey (that I can safely blog about and NOT lose my job. Hopefully.):

For women in their 20s, kindness was the highest-ranked quality in a long-term partner.
For women in their 20s, 17 percent would have sex on the first date, if there was chemistry. Those numbers jump to 28 percent among women in their 30s, 29 percent for those 40 and older.

You can read more at http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/what-women-want.

Peace, love and sex-related percentages ... XOXO


Reader Comments 1 Total
DomoArrigato (2 years ago)
As the wearer of a full beard for 26 of the last 30 years...it is not easier to not shave...Laziness shouldn't wear a beard.

Mine is kept an even 1/2 to 2/3 of an inch long, well trimmed under the chin and neck areas. I keep the hair around my mouth trimmed, so that it doesn't look like the south end of a north bound hound...and you can only tolerate so much barbeque sauce in one's beard. If anything, a beard will take longer to take care of than a bald face. And don't go for one of those "starter" beards...a dap, a goatee...go full blown face covering beard if you go at all.

Wear you beard proudly, and when people ask if you are growing a beard, just respond..."No, I've always had one, it just used to be on the inside though"! !
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While other kids were watching "The Smurfs," Scene Writer Jason Ashley Wright was tuned in to "Style with Elsa Klensch." By fourth grade, he knew he wanted to write, and spent almost three years publishing a weekly teen-oriented magazine, Teen-Zine -- circulation: 2. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi, he became the medical reporter and teen board coordinator for the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a Gannett newspaper. Eight months later, with visions of Elsa dancing in his head, he applied for the fashion writer position at the Tulsa World, where he began working on Aug. 3, 1998. He is now a general assignment reporter for Scene.

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