It promises to be a crazy winter here in Butte. The two most reliable sources of weather information (the Farmer's Almanac and Robert) both agree that this winter will be all over the place, i.e., hot and foggy and cold and dry and rainy and snowy and windy and calm and all manner of other adjectives.

There will be a few things we can count on. 1) The days will be short. 2) We will have weather. 3) Most of the weather will be in or from the sky. 4) I will not regrow my hair.

South West Montana Summer '06 was a good time. I had some friends and family out. I went floatin' a few times. We made a bunch of progress on Silver Bow Properties, LLC and somewhat less progress on Silver Bow Software, LLC. All in All, a great time was had.

Now it's late fall and we're even coming up on the end of hunting season. I'm pleased to report that I'll have a freezer or mule deer steaks, ground venison, mule deer salami, and jalapeno cheese venison kielbasa. Oh, and the head will make a great dog toy. Disturbing pictures to follow.

It's been brought to my attention that not all of you know what I look like anymore. I've shaved my head and face; but I promise I'm not running from the law.

Labels: earth science, floating, fun, hair, hunting, image, mood, pets, Silver Bow Properties

# posted by Max : 11/15/2006 09:51:00 AM 1 comments

Tip: Avoid dudes with zany facial hair.

What's Keen: You'll want a guy with a standard facial hair arrangement. Clean-shaven is a classic, and hard to mistake. The simple mustache and full beard are also good. Most goatees are fine as well.

What's Un-Keen:

• The easiest bad facial hair to identify is anything that doesn't have a name. Ala: "Uh, It looks like a rat humping the letter Z".
• Any style that's named after or reminds you of a famous person: Stalin, Hitler, Chaplin, Rodman, Hetfeild, etc. Regardless of your political leanings, taste in entertainment, or love of sports avoid dudes with all those.
• Avoid any guy with style that is very trendy or is overly clever. The soul-patch, mutton-chops, Fu-Man Chu, etc.
• Generally speaking if its a stylish, scenester, or sub-culture specific look you'll want to avoid that as well. Two jawbone tuffs, the pencil thin mustache, the Amish beard. NOTE: If you're into some scene and a guy has that look (say rock-a-billy mutton-chops) that might be OK. However, the harsh truth is that you are both in some weird phase that at least one of you will grow out of.
• Look out for over styled versions of the good ones. A beard that's a very thin line, any zag in the beard line, a narrow stripe shaved off the chin of a goatee to make "chin-chops" , a mustache that's only on the corners of the lip.
• Poor Hygiene. Facial hair is a hair around a hole that dudes ram food and drink in. It is bound to catch stuff. It requires thorough and regular cleaning otherwise it will become an ecosystem. Avoid a dude whose face reminds you a primordial terrarium. (OOOH! Primordial Terrarium will clearly be the name of my first album)
• Too Much. There can be too much of a good thing. No gigantic mountain-man beards. Far too often they are found on non-mountain men.
• Too little. Peach Fuzz isn't a beard. Some guys have a face of marginal soil that cannot produce a full crop of jaw cotton. They should give up and move to the glass-smooth city.

Why?: It depends on the "form of the fuzz". The fancier it is the more apt the dude is a narccicist. Think about it. He spends time (frequently and specificly) staring at himself in a mirror trying to hone his look to perfection. If its a truely ugly look, or he has a sparse peachy thing going on, or he's trying to hide his second chin; then the dude is delussional. Really. Are you fooled? No. Has he fooled himeself? Yes. If its just totaly out of control then he either doesn't care about his health and apperance; or he has adopted some wacky new age philosophy and will likley never hold down a proper job and will frequently spill his minature zen garden in bed.

Labels: hair, Tips for Chicks

# posted by Max : 8/26/2006 10:16:00 PM 0 comments

I've had a few comments on the hair. Allow me to summarize:

• Good God where did it go?
• You look fine but when does the hair return?
• I hated it at first but now I'm kinda feeling it.
• You shouldn't cut on yourself.
• Where you drunk?
• Well, I guess its easy to keep.
• Stressed?
• You've inspired me to butch my own.
• Is it ok if I don't tell you what I think?
• Where did you get that scar?
• The great thing is that it will grow back.
• Did you lose a bet?
• Did you join some kind of brotherhood? And is that brotherhood OK with us still being friends?
• That's such an unnatural look for you.
• Oh my God! Are you sick? How long do you have?
• Can I put an Astros hat on you and push you around in a wheelchair so that I can get into sporting events for free?
• Did you change something?
• You look like the crazy dude from Full Metal Jacket and or Slingblade.

For the record: I'm not married to the bald. The hair will be short for the winter as it makes the hat wearing less of a disaster. After that it's hard to say. Not having bedhead, hat hair, or cowlicks is awfully appealing.

Like I'm all mysterious or something.

Labels: hair, image, Max

# posted by Max : 11/18/2005 08:13:00 AM 1 comments

Yes winter is cold. But the ramifications are different than one might think. For me one of the more annoying things is the need to were a warm hat. Since I don't have heat in my office I tend to wear one all day. When I were a hat my hair goes all crazy. Only a shower can get it back in line. I'm a bit sick of it, so....

Problem Solved

Do I look good? I'm getting a mixed response. What I can say is: it may not look good but it wont ever look bad.

Labels: hair, image, Max

# posted by Max : 11/04/2005 11:11:00 PM 1 comments