Forget The Follicles

Bald is beautiful, baby

Telly Savalas as Kojak — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A harbinger of my future came from my high school history teacher who casually mentioned that I’d eventually look just like him. My teacher looked more like Kojak than Yul Brynner. However, the common denominator between Yul, Kojak, and my history teacher was baldness.

Although I brushed it aside, the fact that I still remember the offhand comment indicates it…