No, I heard it’s a dump.

The second paragraph got me teary-eyed!

It’s true. The first time I met my old therapist, he told me a story after I mentioned that I was a hairdresser. Apparently an inpatient mental health treatment center had surveyed its residents to find out which services they found most beneficial, and the barber shop was rated number one- above individual therapy,…

haircuts are a really easy way to help people who are in a tough place feel human again — for a while someone I knew organized a grant to pay for a barber to visit a local psych ward. once the patients (a lot of whom had been living on the streets) got a haircut and a shave, they felt better, participated more in…

Can’t hurt to have too many exploding hearts.

Okay...I read the article and was ready to read some really nice comments but goddamn. WTF is wrong with some of you?

I’m sure he’s a nice man who just wants to help kids. I just had a dark moment.

Or children who will grow up and remember this really great dude who gave back to his community and supported children to read and one day give back to their own communities.

Courtney Holmes is fantastic. Barbers and hairdressers are some good folks, but this really stands out.

I am happy that these boys are being encouraged to read while getting cute for back to school. The world needs more Mr. Holmes’ in it.

I should have hit refresh before posting. Twinsies.

Me.

That is all.

Yes yes yes. This is how a community grows. My English teacher heart just grew a couple sizes.

It’s not for safety reasons. If it were for safety reasons, IATA would mandate that all airlines weight all passengers before each flight. They don’t.

With REALLY small planes this is a completely fair requirement - this happened to me in Africa in a plane that was literally smaller than a minivan that held no more than five people, and we were advised about the luggage and passenger weight restrictions far up front. I do think that this is a bit ridiculous on a…

You didn’t read the post did you?

Reminds me of fifth grade PE class when we got weighed in front of our peers. That was one of the most humiliating experiences in my life, I’m not doing it as an adult. Fuck that noise.