VOTE: I'm cutting it all off!
I know, I know, I know. Look, while a lot of you like it, my boss doesn't love it and I have to be totally honest with you when I say I just don't put as much thought into it as I should (as witnessed by 4 years of 'librarian hair'-- which is not meant to offend librarians who have awesome hair).
So, tonite I'm cutting it off.
It kind of needs it, frankly.. it looks a little Jon Bon Jovi, circa 1985.
BUT: you have to check out this poll that Frank, our web guru was kind enough to make:
You HAVE TO vote!! :-)
Losing the length will satisfy my need for "something new" (read = drastic, which is always how I go), but I do have a style that I actually used to wear here at KGW that I like (A LOT)... and after all is said and done, I'm dying to get out of here and get to the salon and get to cuttin'!! It's kind of exciting.
Ps. Here's what I'm thinking about...
I did call John, by the way, to tell him about my plan. He loved that I actually gave him a heads up as opposed to springing it on him by coming home with 7 less inches of hair.
Okay.. Kevorkian feedback: here's what you said!!
Eric writes: 1: I'm entirely in favor of right to die. I know I would not want to live through a painful terminal illness. I would want to go out on my own terms.
2: That said, Kevorkian is more than slightly freaky. Having him as the most visible embodiment of the right to die movement does everyone a disservice.
Jim writes: I don't think he's a villain. He proposed and offered an end for people that were in great distress and not receiving appropriate end-of-life care from the medical profession. I think that the medical profession has come a long way since the advent of assisted - suicide and end-of-life care has improved a great deal. Hospice is one of the great services now available. Our peripheral experience with hospice services has only been good. The medical school systems, slowest to change, need to address end-of-life care in a serious way to our med students and budding doctors.
Rick writes: God bless this man. I am 70 years old and my wonderful wife and I raised four chidren without seatbelts, helmets or airbags.
My point is that governments need to get the hell out of the way and leave us alone. The Socialist of this country want to control everything we do because the think they can do it safer and better than we can. At least, you would think that they would let us chose the way we desire to leave this life.
American Socialist believe saving one life is worth taking all our freedoms away. I disagree.
And remember the Dr. Starr reunion story I did??
http://www.kgw.com/video/health-index.html?nvid=147184&shu=1
Well, Mark writes: Just thought you would get a kick to know Dr. Starr performed open heart surgery on me when I was 6 years old in 1962. I am now fifty and doing fine. I saw your report...
George writes: I live in Camas, Washington. I watched your
story last night about Dr. Starr with great interest and delight. I am
also one of his patients of over 40 years. What is remarkable about my
case is that he not only operated on my heart on March 18th, 1965, but
again on September 9th of 2005. He did a pulmonary valve replacement,
which he was not able to do during my original open heart
surgery....40+ years ago.
It was amazing how similar the story you showed last night was to mine.
My wife & I had a consultation with Dr Starr, in the same conference
room you did your story from. He had the records from my surgery in
1965, & gave me a copy.
As I was being prepped for my surgery 20 months ago, Dr. Starr came in &
chatted with me. He asked, "Has it really been 40 years since we did
your first surgery"?
"Yes, doctor, it has", I replied. He responded, "goodness, we're
getting old, aren't we"?
As so many people do, I owe my life to this gifted man. Thanks very much
for featuring him in your wonderful story. My "heart" also goes out to
the gentleman who had his 40 year reunion.....as did I.
Very nice indeed. I have a great job, yeah? Allows me to meet some really remarkable people!! :-)
Til tomorrow.. Steph
sstricklen@kgw.com
