Go Retire Psychiatrist

I suppose you’re wondering why most of the photos of me don’t match the one that goes with the About Me picture on my blog’s home page. It’s mostly about vanity, but that can’t be the whole explanation. Otherwise, all of my headshots would be the same as the About Me picture.

This is all based on my opinion that the About Me picture is my best headshot. I like to think it looks like a professional photographer did it. Nope.

The way I took this picture, which by the way is probably over 14 years old, was to place a stepladder in front of me with the camera on the top step. I didn’t have a tripod. I sat in a stool across from it. The camera must have had some kind of timed trigger mechanism.

I don’t look much like that picture now. I use it anyway because just about every other photo of me makes looks like an old guy with a scrawny neck and (if I’m close to needing a haircut), with a Bozo the Clown hairstyle. That’s because I’m going bald quicker on top, which is common.

That reminds me how I would answer the question of whether I would ever consider using Rogaine or shaving completely bald. Rogaine is a long-term commitment I’d rather not have. It might not work on older men. It’s a topical although it can have side effects if it gets absorbed through abrasions or sunburn on the scalp and can get into the bloodstream.

I would rather shave my head if those were my only choices. I haven’t gotten around to actually shopping for a shaver that I could just hold in one hand and mow all the hair off my head. A few of them look like little electric octopuses. What if they hit a snag? I can just hear people asking me, “Why do you have an octopus sticking out of your head?”

I’m wearing a necktie in the About Me picture and I think it looks sharp. Now that I’m retired and I don’t wear a necktie. But I stopped wearing them before I retired when the Covid pandemic hit. The hospital recommended against wearing neckties because they pick up all kinds of debris. How many particles did they get off D.B. Cooper’s tie? At least one article says they got 100,000 particles. I ditched my neckties for shirts with banded collars. Somehow, they don’t look as nice.

Anyway, I can always wear my cow cap.