Kim Jackson

G. Gordon

Dr. Phil

The mug has gotta go.
My blog picture, used I presume in an unholy deal between one of our photographers and Travis The Blog Master, is unsettling at best and scary at worst. I plan to have something else replace it as soon as possible.
This particular image elicited a few comments from my deskmates when it appeared on my press pass. In a smaller version I look a little like G. Gordon Liddy. In it’s current poster size I resemble that T-shirt-wearing-beer-drinking guy in your neighborhood who yells at trespassing little kids trying to get their ball back.
On the other hand, some kids think the picture looks like someone else — Dr. Phil. On three separate occasions I’ve had little kids approach me and ask, sincerely and innocently, “Are you Dr. Phil.”
It’s hard to describe how I felt the first time I heard that. Besides, “Kid, you’ve been watching way too much daytime TV,” I thought, “yeah, I get the physical resemblance with the high hairline and mustache.” But Dr. Phil? C’mon! Everybody wants to think they look like someone famous, but Dr. Phil? No offense to the Doc, but I was thinking more along the lines of someone a little more cool, like maybe Bruce Willis or Telly Savalas. Heck, even Vin Diesel would do. I know those might be a stretch, but geez, Dr. Phil? Might as well write “weener” on my forehead. I mean, how may hairy guys say they want to look like Donald Trump? And Liddy? Watergate henchman doesn’t seem attractive, either.
Just to get a bead on how I might stack up against other bald guys I googled Famous Bald Guys and went to a Website called Bald Guyz, which is a company selling grooming products. (What kind of grooming products do bald guys need? Wax and a chamois cloth?)
Anyway, after flipping through one hairless photo after another of  guys all bald, partly bald, facial hair, no facial hair, and one guy looking pretty much just like the other guy, I came to a decision.
Looking like G. Gordon Liddy or Dr. Phil doesn’t sound so bad.

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