Tuesday, August 24, 2004

The First Post

The first post is the first impression.

Head & Shoulders has brainwashed me into thinking the first impression is the paramount moment in a person's life. In a way, they're right. I wouldn't want to meet my wife while I'm, say, picking my nose.

But in another way, it's pretty shallow of Head & Shoulders to tell us that the seminal instant of that first impression forever determines our relationship with that person. I've had bad first impressions of people--but, in time, I've realize those impressions were wrong, and, many times, I've become good friends with that person, despite the bad first impression I initially had of them.

So Heads & Shoulders is spreading lies ... and shampoo. I suppose they should call it Head Not Attached to Shoulders.

I hope everyone reading this blog for the first time will overlook that initial bad joke and not develop a bad first impression of me.