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The Hair - By Skip Lively

Okay, so I have one serious problem with Cheney. (Serious means there is no call for you to laugh here. None. No laughing; Skip�s having a deep moment.) Frankly, perhaps I have more than one serious problem, but there is one that rises far above the others.

And this would be her hair. No, follow me here. She�s a big baby. �Oh, I can�t brush my hair! It�s too thick and long and curly! I must have a MAID!�

Baloney, I say. I happen to have thick, long, curly hair. And, yeah, I used to throw a fit about having to brush it. When I was five.

I realize it can be a trying experience. I realize that it can take time to brush hair. (Though I�m doubting the thirty minutes the books lament. Or was it an hour? I draw a blank.) I also know that there are ways around this apart from having a maid. I mean, TRULY.

I will grant that Cheney has grown up with maids. I will grant that, if I had a maid handy, I might very well take advantage of her. In a pinch, I will grant that she may not realize it is completely possible to brush one�s own hair. All this I give you, provided that you grant me the fact that the books would be much more readable if we didn�t have to hear about Cheney�s hair being brushed all the time. By someone else.

She�s supposed to be an innovative, courageous, pioneering, mature woman here! But when it comes to hair? She�s clearly a cut below the average. How can you call her innovative when she�s never discovered the trick of wetting one�s hair in order to manage the tangles? How can she be considered courageous if she�s not willing to endure a few hardy tugs? Pioneering and she can�t even manage her own hair?�HAH! And saying she�s mature�well, I�ll leave that your elaboration.

Suffice it to say, Cheney Duvall Irons-Winslow, MD would be much more believable if I could get past her hair-care. Seriously.

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