New Poll: What Do You Hate About Your Hair?

I have what is known as "wavy" hair. You know those TV ads where the women have hair flows in long shiny waves that they flip around in bright sunshiney places full of flowers? That's not what my hair is like. In this context, for "wavy," read "does whatever it damn well pleases, even if it violates one or more laws of physics." So I end up either straightening it (and having it revert to "wavy" at some point during the day) or trying, with products and scrunching, to make it curly (which I have not yet quite mastered, and generally end up looking like I slept under a bench in a windstorm). But, contrary to all evidence, this is not about me. I know that everybody has something they hate about their hair, and because I care so much, I want to know: what bugs you?

(Okay, I guess I need to be at work to put up a poll. Look for it here tomorrow.)

New Poll: Which Enlightentment Philosopher Had the Worst Hair?

They debated the nature of truth, of morality, indeed of existence itself. They influenced modern thought and writing in myriad ways and several of them had characters on Lost named after them. But one key question about the philosophers of the Enlightenment period remains: Who among them would be least likely to get a starring role in a Pantene commercial? Here are your contenders:

David Hume:

Scottish. Determinism, empiricism, curly pageboy.











Immanuel Kant:
German. Transcendental Idealism, "Categorical Imperative", thinning widow's peak. Possibly a wig.










John Locke:
English. Empiricism, epistemology, "tabula rasa", liberalism, wavy crazy-old-guy hair.










Voltaire:
French. Irony, satire, deism, powdered curls.










Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
French. Nationalism, Romanticism, tightly curled bob.

The Votes Are In

And the answer is clear. What the American People want in their tropical drinks is:

More Alcohol

Followed closely by "Skewer With Fruit", which is itself followed closely by "Paper Umbrella", which is in turn followed at a close range by "Actual Umbrella". In a surprising upset, it would appear that the American People do not want a frog in their fruity drink.

Would it make any difference if it was a crunchy frog?

Super Thursday!

Hurry! Only 37 minutes left to vote in the all-important "best thing to put in a tropical drink" poll! Unless you're reading this later in the day! Then there will be less time! Or possibly none!

Entrance Poll

Thanks to a new feature on Blogger, I can now easily add a poll to my sidebar. For the first one I have chosen a topic near and dear to my heart; indeed, to anyone who has ever gotten a little silly with their drink orders while on vacation. Vote early, vote often! The future of the nation depends on you.