Oh young Meyer, there's so much I'd like to warn you about.

This strip is based on a real experience I seem to have on a regular basis. I'm a sucker for these shows with a strong continuing narrative, but DVR's make it hard to discuss them without ruining the show for someone.

The first panel of this strip is actually a pretty good approximation of what my friend Rick and I looked like around the time Voyager was on the air. I don't miss my hair nearly as much as you might expect, but that's largely because I didn't really have good hair. I was at war with it most of the time. That said, I didn't take losing it well. My Dad is bald, all of my uncles on my Dad's side are bald, and my older brother was going bald, but I thought I would be the one to buck the trend.

I realized that the baldification process had begun one day while getting a haircut. The hair stylist was working on the top of my head and started pawing at the hair on the crown of my head in a confused manner. She looked at me puzzled and asked "When you got your last haircut, did you have them thin the hair out on top?"

I nonchalantly said something like "WHAT!?"

She asked again if I had paid someone to deliberately thin out my hair on top. She did not get a good tip.