The Bald Truth about Fear

Every year bald people get together for a convention. We thought about this when Jesus mentions the part about God knowing the hair count on every head.

"Abald head is like heaven; there's no parting there!"

That's only one of dozens of one-line zingers about baldness, but that one and some of the others came to mind when we noticed that this Bible passage about the hairs of our head being numbered also includes Jesus' comment that "nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered." And we couldn't help but speculate that some of the men in his audience who had no hair apparent put the two comments together and then wondered if Jesus could see what was on their mind.

Actually, if you have a bald head and don't want to go through any of the currently available methods for reforestation -- typically summed up as "drugs, rugs or plugs" -- you may be better off simply to embrace your baldness. That's what John Capps has done. Capps, who's been described as someone "who could pass as a stunt-double for an over-the-hill Mr. Clean," is the founder of Bald Headed Men of America, an organization whose 35,000 members have sprouted from 50 states ...