Risezine Vol. 3 Number 5

 

Welcome to RISEZINE my electronic magazine (ezine) that can help you solve problems in your business and your life.  It is my desire to share with you my life experiences and those I gained from the twenty (20) years I spent as a Judge of the Denver, Colorado County Court participating in the transformation of lives.  I’m convinced that the lessons I learned from those experiences will heighten your knowledge, sensitivity and outlook on the issues you face in your business and your life.  I am honored to share your precious time with you.

 

“HOW TO GET AHEAD”

 

THERE ARE 3 WAYS IN WHICH A MAN CAN WEAR HIS HAIR

            PARTED

            UNPARTED AND,

            DEPARTED….

                         YOU SEE THE NEW STYLE I WEAR…

TODAY YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO GET

A  HEAD… LIKE THIS…  

IT STARTED WITH MY BIRTH…I GAVE MY MOTHER A DIFFICULT DELIVERY.  I WEIGHED NINE POUNDS, NINE OUNCES AND HAD A BIG HEAD; MY MOTHER NEEDED OXYGEN TO DELIVER ME. 

WELL, IF YOU HAVE FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEY LEARN ABOUT THAT DELIVERY, FOR THE REST OF YOUR CHILDHOOD, YOU WILL BE CALLED BIGHEAD. 

AS I GREW UP I ALWAYS WANTED LONG HAIR.  I SAW SIDNEY POITIER IN THE MOVIE ‘GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER’ WITH THAT GREAT AFRO.

WELL, WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH AND LEFT HOME FOR COLLEGE, I COVERED MY HEAD AND FACE WITH HAIR.                                                                                                                            (SEE PICTURE BELOW)

 WELL, AFTER MANY YEARS OF WEARING MY HAIR LONG, OLD MAN TIME GOT THE BEST OF ME AND I BEGAN GREYING.  FIRST, THE BEARD TURNED GREY ON ME, SO I CUT IT OFF.

10 YEARS LATER THE MUSTACHE TURNED GREY ON ME, TOO.  SO, I CUT IT OFF!

 

WHEN THE HAIR ON MY HEAD TURNED GREY ON ME, I DIDN’T HAVE TO CUT IT OFF; I COULD COLOR.  Sssssshhhhhhhh.  WITH CLAIROL, ONLY YOUR HAIRDRESSER KNOWS FOR SURE.

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS I WOULD COLOR MY HAIR.  BUT ALAS, IN TIME, MY HAIR BEGAN TO THIN AND I DEVELOPED WHAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER CALLS A “SWEET SPOT” IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.  AFTER A FEW MORE YEARS PASSED, MY HAIRLINE BEGAN MOVING BACK TO MEET MY GROWING SWEET SPOT.

 

COULD IT BE THAT I SUFFER FROM BHS…?

YOU’VE SEEN THE TELEVISION COMMERCIALS ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH RLS…RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME. WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS MINOR LEG MOVEMENT BECAME RLS AND THEY PRESCRIBED A DRUG FOR IT. 

IF YOU SUFFER FROM BHS, BALD HEAD SYNDROME, YOU CAN GET A DRUG FOR THAT, TOO…ROGAINE.  BUT, REMEMBER THE SIDE EFFECTS OF ROGAINE:  HAIR GROWTH IN UNWANTED PLACES…LIKE ON YOUR TONGUE.  I JUST KEPT WHAT I HAD BLACK.

 

OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS I HAD ANOTHER BAD EXPERIENCE.  I DEVELOPED AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE CHEMICAL IN THE HAIRCOLOR! I HAD TO STOP USING CLAIROL AND THE DREADED GREY HAIR WAS TAKING OVER MY HEAD…  I THOUGHT, “I’VE GOT TO GET RID OF THIS”.

 I TOLD MY WIFE I WAS GOING TO CUT MY HAIR SHORT.  FIRST, I REMEMBERED THE BIBLICAL STORY ABOUT SAMPSON AND DELILAH; BUT I WASN’T DETERRED.  SO, I CUT MY HAIR VERY SHORT.  SHE LIKED IT, BUT WASN’T ENAMORED WITH SHORT GRAY HAIR.  I THOUGHT ABOUT CUTTING IT ALL OFF.  MY WIFE DIDN’T WANT ME TO HAVE A SHAVED HEAD. 

I LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS…

 

ON TELEVISION I SAW A COMMERCIAL FOR THE HAIRCLUB FOR MEN.   “YOU CAN ADD HAIR AND YEARS ONTO YOUR LIFE, SEAMLESSLY”.  I DON’T WANT TO GET A HEAD LIKE THAT.

I DECIDED TO SHAVE MY HEAD.  WHILE MY WIFE WAS AT THE MALL, I PULLED OUT THE ELECTRIC CLIPPERS AND CUT MY HAIR AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.  THEN, I USED THE ELECTRIC RAZOR WITH FLOATING HEADS TO COMPLETELY SHAVE MY HEAD.  WHEN MY WIFE RETURNED, HER EYES SPARKLED AS SHE SAID, “YOU LOOK SO YOUNG AND YOU HAVE A GOOD HEAD.” 

 

INSTEAD OF ALL THE TREATMENTS, THE GLOVES, THE MESS AND THE CLEANUP, IT ONLY TOOK ME 5 MINUTES TO GET A HEAD, LIKE THIS.   

YOU CAN SAVE YEARS IF YOU SHAVE YOURS.  IF YOU ARE PRESSED FOR TIME AND YOU WANT TO BE COOL THIS SUMMER, YOU TOO CAN GET A HEAD

                                    …LIKE THIS.  

 

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Judge Beau Patterson

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