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    Splitting Hairs

    Jan 18, 2022 4 minutes
    ILLUSTRATION BY Daniel Mitchell

    I’M LOSING MY HAIR. I mention this not to garner your sympathy; don’t worry, this column will not be an exposition on how distressing it is that my body is succumbing to the ravages of time. It’s just a fact, and, honestly, I’m fine with it.

    Don’t get me wrong: had this happened when I was 25, I would have jetted off to an Istanbul clinic with a wallet full of credit cards and a sackful of shoulder-shavings faster than you could say "Elton". I would have had a baseball cap glued to

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