At any rate, it certainly feels different, and I suppose it looks quite different, although it doesn�t appear to be a radical change. So far, no one has made any incredulous comments.

Around the ears it�s pretty short (I can barely get it between my thumb and index finger), and the rest is less than a half inch almost uniformly. Quite a change from the 1 1/2 inches I had this morning. Where it feels the most amazing is in the back. My barber, who I�ve been going to for 20 years, decided to cut it with scissors, presumably because my hair is fine. So I can't really enthuse about the feeling of the clippers going up the back of my head. However, I like the results. So all in all, it has been a good day.

Well, Buzztown, you've done it again. Thanks! This wasn't traumatic. To some people it probably wouldn't even be a big deal. But you know how it is ... when it's your head.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Three Weeks Later - An Update

About two weeks after my original cut, I was starting to look rather shaggy. Actually, my hair was starting to look like a shorter version of the 1 1/2 inches of fringe I had previously. So I went today (three weeks) and took the next step. I didn't really have to say much. My barber knows me that well. This time he used clippers (no. 3) and I guess you could say it's short. Actually, quite short. Last time, toward the top of the head my hair was a slight bit longer. Not this time. This time there is a uniform length all over. I like it. While I was at it, I asked him what to do with the few straggly hairs I still had on top. The operative word here is "had." In no time they were buzzed. When I got home, I finished off what he started. So, over the course of three weeks, I went from 1 1/2 to 2 inches of "fringe" to less than a quarter inch and nothing in the center on top.

And you know what? It looks and feels great.