Comments on: More Mysterious Than Stone Henge

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hrm…maybe the secret is the order in which you execute your daily tasks? Get a good haircut at Fantastic Sams first and then go to the DMV? Perhaps that’s where we’ve all been getting it wrong.

Never heard of Fantastic Sams but I assume, from your sarcasm, that they probably have the equivalent quality of Supercuts out here. Yes, the name of an establishment says a lot…especially when interpreted by people as freakish as ourselves.

I had something else witty to type but am unable to squeeze it from my brain out into my fingertips. We just picked up another race car down in CT and drove it to NH for welding. I’m back in MA. I am tired. Fah.

Snore.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I haven’t gone to Fantastic Sams for a hair cut in at least six years. I once got a cut so bad there that when I went to Regis to get it fixed the beautician’s greeting was something like, “What happened to YOU?!”

We do have Supercuts here, but I’ve shied away from it. I gather from your comments that my fear was justified.

By: Scott-san

Scott-san — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Actually, one of the worst hair cuts I can remember was at Regis.

Thanks for the link, BTW.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Ya know, I’ve had a few bad haircuts at Regis too. But, I’ve finally found someone there whom I trust to cut my hair. If and when she retires, I may just have to let my hair grow out again.

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I actually had ONE good driver’s license photo. Got it when I was nineteen. It looks like I’m flirting with the camera operator, but I was actually smiling coyly and winking for all the cops I knew would pull me over. Maybe that was the one that balanced out the thousands.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll try the coy smiling thing next time. I fear I may “lose” the one I just had made.

By: carson

carson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think everyone’s assuming the camera used by the DMV is of a type made in this century.

I just renewed my passport. Strangely, they let you submit your own photo and, stranger still, I made sure it looked really horrible just so it wouldn’t stick out because you can never be too careful about being flagged as a smart-ass and target for a full body search.

I had my wife take it, since she’s really good at getting shots of me not smiling (has to do with her trying to frame it in geologic time). Next I went to work with photoshop converting it to black and white (surpisingly still an option), deleting the corporate logo from my shirt, removiving a few shadows under the chin (don’t want to look too bad), etc. The net effect is I look uncomfortable, but in a harmless, law-abiding way.

I got my passport back… without comment … and it has this nifty holograph thingie over the photo which obfuscates the photo, thus my masterful Pshop anti-touchup effort seems to have been wasted. The true test will come next year when I go on vacation…

By: Jim Carson

Jim Carson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Official government ID
I just renewed my passport. Strangely, they let you submit your own photo and, stranger still, I made sure it looked really horrible just so it wouldn