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        Ernest Hemingway once said, “A man without a head is most likely in
 the morgue.”  Okay, so maybe he didn’t say that.  I made it up.  But the
 message still has significance.  In a literal sense, it is a truthful
 statement; without a head, where your brain is, you can’t be alive.  But
 there’s a metaphorical interpretation behind it  as well that I believe to
 be much more meaningful.  Since ancient times one’s head has symbolized
 intelligence, logical and spatial ability, street smarts, etc.
	
        If you figuratively “lose your head,”  you are a bit of a loony, or a
 simpleton, or at least a man or woman with little to no common sense.  In
 any case you probably won’t last very long if it applies to you.  The real
 shame is that our culture looks upon this notion of being headless with awe.
 	
        Evidence A: Imagine any supermodel working today.  If, for instance,
 Angelicia Roshamomononalina, the world’s foremost Hungarian/Portuguese/
 Mongolian supermodel, were to not have a head, either figuratively or
 literally, most men would still notice the girl‘s…other assets.
	
        In the years to come, I wouldn’t be surprised if America’s skewed
 sense of sexuality and fashion were to align itself with the blossoming
 genetics industry and create a master race of headless models, programmed
 only to walk down runways and pose suggestively in clothes no one will ever
 buy, mindless and eager to procreate with any pro basketball player or owner
 of a cable station.
	
        It would be Blade Runner and Valley of the Dolls all rolled into one.
	
        I’m not going to lie to you.  I do find 99% of the women on E!
 Entertainment to be extremely attractive.  But that’s really not the point.
 Why only 99%?  Well, the eerily gargoyle-like and plastic Joan Rivers (and
 her equally monstrous daughter) is the antithesis of everything that could
 and should be considered attractive.  Somebody please get Perseus to show
 that thing a mirror.
	
        But I digress.  All I am really trying to say is that it’s okay to be
 smart, and it’s okay to be pretty, but the former might be more important,
 if only just a little, than the latter.  And if the culture as a whole
 perhaps concentrated a bit more on having smart babies rather than pretty
 babies, the two qualities might not even need distinguishing someday, and
 the human race would benefit beyond our wildest dreams.

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