Rant #3,269: Brand New Me

It is funny how simple things can make you feel so much better about yourself.

Yesterday, on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, I finally got a haircut, and let me tell you, it was a long time coming.

This is the second haircut I had since my injury, and I really needed it badly.

Even though I don't have too much hair on the top, my hair growth is as active as ever in the back, going down my neck into my back.

I wish it grew like this on my head, but it was growing down my back like the ivy grows on the outfield walls of Wrigley Field.

Normally, I would have taken care of this situation, but having to rely on my wife to get me to the barber, she is so busy that I had to wait for her to have an open spot on her schedule, and MLK Day was it.

We went to the barber in late morning, and now I have a nice haircut.

Rather than looking scraggly, I just feel so.much better about myself.

And I am one day closer to regaining my mobility, so a simple haircut made me ferl.happy and confident all at once.

And today, we are supposed to get the first appreciable snowfall of the season ..

We haven't had much of anything in two years or so.

That actually makes me sad, because I hate the snow, but I will be indoors, so if my wife can get my son to work, everything will be hunky dory as it was yesterday.

Again, simple things make me happy, bring up.my spirits and make me firmly believe that I am going to be OK within time.

And let's end today's Rant by giving a hearty salute to Joyce Randolph, who is etched in our memory, and TV history, as Trixie Norton in "The Honeymooners."

At 99 years of age, she lived a full life both on screen and off, leaving the business to be a full-time wife and mother pretty much after her role as Trixie ended.

She married into money, so Randolph pretty much lived the socialites' life after "The Hineymooners," but she basked in the show's glow, even though she lamented that she received no residuals from her role, or at least none until "The Lost Episodes" finally saw the light of day.

Ninety-nine years old ... I hope I can get there myself!