Are all the women on TV news shows blond?
No, just most of them, according to this Slate.com piece.
Slate editor Jack Shafer says it's because they want to look younger. But doesn't dark hair actually make most faces look younger, or at least less washed-out?
That's been my philosophy, anyway, ever since I started coloring my rapidly-graying (thanks for the great genes, Dad) hair at age 20.
The only thing that troubles me about the whole situation is that, like Donald Rumsfeld, I have no real exit strategy. I mean, I continue to throw money at the problem but, at some point -- with luck -- I'll actually arrive at an age when having silver hair makes sense. What do I do then? Look like a skunk while it grows out? Shave my head and let it grow back in?
Where is Colin Powell when you really need him? There must be a doctrine for this.
Comments
There are two routes you can follow: 1) Continue to dye your hair until you have reached an age where such vanity is considered 'eccentric', or 2) Dye your hair until your first extended hospital stay. Then go natural and cut it shorter.
The plans are not mutually exclusive -- my grandmother did both. But she did reject my suggestion: 3) Shave the hair into a multi-colored mohawk. I still believe that no one would have noticed her roots.
Posted by: So-Called "Austin Mayor" | February 22, 2006 09:23 AM