There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer’s day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but – whack – his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.~Aesop
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Mark Houusendove, a 42 year old man from Long Island has been accused of stealing five bottles of hair loss treatment from a pharmacy.  Total dollar value of theft is $50.
What makes this story just even more odd, is that Mr. Houusendove had just finished dropping off some friends who were visiting an inmate in prison, when he decided to make a stop over and steal the hair restoration bottles.
In what world, would a prison sentence be preferable to not having hair????

My name is Laura Bzowy, and I am the “new” writer of Baldiness. Since this is my first post, I thought I should tell you a little bit about myself. I have blogged for the Science and Health Channel of b5media for a little over a year now. My other b5 blog is called CFS Squared -Tales of CFS, and is about my journey with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – and how I try to live positively with a chronic illness.
CFS is my connection to hair loss. While I have a somewhat full head of hair these …read more

Don Herbert, better known to most as Mr. Wizard passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
Mr. Wizard was one of those guys who bridged the generation gap in geekdom. I was a big Nickelodeon fan as a kid, and “Mr. Wizard’s World” was one of my favorites… that and “You Can’t Do That on Television,” cuz slime is cool. I can still picture him filling the on-set kitchen with smoke from dried ice.
But even cooler was how excited my dad got when he saw the show. He was a fan of the original “Watch Mr. Wizard” back in the …read more

Nothing like a holiday weekend to justify a little silliness… not that I need help justifying silliness.
h/t – Eye on DNA via Neatorama

A quick alert related to baldness by the fact that I’m Bald Man… oh, and Brian Urlacher.
Aaron Brazell, b5media’s resident Tech Ninja, does a regular sports podcast over at Suicide Fan. In this week’s show he’s managed to find room for yours truly to talk soccer. I pipe in with some stuff about David Beckham off the top, and then they get into that bowling tournament going on in Miami this weekend.
Pop over, give it a listen and learn what a real Bald Man sounds like.

A bad haircut… or color… or perm… or any of that nonsense
Hat head or bed head
Buying “No-tears” shampoo… or any shampoo
Catching my death of cold because I went outside with wet hair
Driving with the top down
No one noticing that I got a haircut
Sunglasses & chewing gum getting stuck in my hair
Finding a swim cap
Drunk friends with clippers
Gray hair

For those of you interested in reading a little more of how my bald head works, the irrepressible Hsien-Hsien Lei has posted an interview with yours truly at Genetics and Health. Proceed at your own risk.

Fellow Bald Man, Paul Giamatti, is opening the new M. Night Shyamalan film, Lady in the Water, tonight. Shyamalan has called the story “a fairy tale for adults,” and Giamatti, whose been on your screen regularly for a decade, is in nearly every scene as apartment building superintendent, Cleveland Heep.
I can look back and remember seeing Giamatti in all kinds of small roles: Donnie Brasco, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and Saving Private Ryan to name a few. His portrayal of Bob Zmuda in Man on the Moon is the first supporting (as opposed to minor) role I remember. After …read more

I see a trip to New York City in my future.
the bald man cometh. but this time he’s bringing chocolate. (and lots of it.) max brenner, the israeli chocolatier (a.k.a. the bald man) is already a hit in australia, and is set to make a stateside debut in union square any momento. from pastries to fondue to chocolate alcoholic drinks, apparently every chocolate factory fantasy is fulfilled. and there’s even food sans chocolate like stuffed french toast and sammies. sounds sweet. 841 broadway. between 13th and 14th. www.maxbrenner.com