{"id":2749,"date":"2025-10-22T06:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:31:05","slug":"its-the-perm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/its-the-perm\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the Perm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Frankenstien.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2750\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Frankenstien.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Frankenstien-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b789571195b6cdfc498e7d09d732c992\">How does one go about the perm? When I had hair. I let it grow as long as my jobs would allow.<br>     Perms were big in the early 80&#8217;s  Even for the guys. I never had the courage. Yet, I did suffer through some brutal cuts. I guess by gonads didn&#8217;t drop until my thirties. Leo Sayer, Richard Simmons, and even Robert Reed  (Mike Brady) had one. I have tried wigs. They. Are. Hot. <br>    Nope. maybe in the next life, huh? <br><br>    Angels are more apt to frighten us than give us comfort if we see one in person. But we do entertain them from time to time. This is not a gray area. Just a mystery, and those are just a part of the life cycle we operate in at the time. I have both excitement and reservations about the AI that has taken front and center. I am a writer of poems and songs. The technology today helps creatives get in the groove without giving up the integrity of the wordsmith. I am also an impersonator. VOICES.  out loud. (I still have total control over the ones in my head). Words to music. Music to the heart, The heart to hold on to.<br><br>     The last train to Clarksville, is my ride. Time to fly. ~~~ Naah Frankie is gonna give me a &#8220;Free Ride&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (Audio)\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JAFyvePcR_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does one go about the perm? When I had hair. 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