there must be a law against looking this good

Oh wait, there is.

Recently Iran has been experiencing spasms of ultra-conservativeness in the form of police crackdowns on people who do not adhere to the 'social norm'. Violators include women whose scarves are too loose and clothing is too tight, and men whose hair is too styled and shirts are TOO SEXY--I mean, tight. In an effort to stave off this latest wave of sinfulness, government officials are raiding bazarres for skimpy lady clothes and threatening to revoke the business licenses of barbers who engage in the perpetuation of spikey, big-hair styles and employ too much hair gel.

Horrifying is the new sexy

Men who use facial cosmetics or pluck their eyebrows are also receiving warnings from the moral police.

Such crackdowns represent a step backwards in the Iranian government's tolerance for its own society, and some predict that these measures will help push the public to the edge of another revolution. Political scientists think that this potential change will be driven by a thirst for personal freedom, but I suspect it will have more to do with the world's growing intolerance for unibrows and flat bangs. I'd love to know for sure, but if I ever make it to Iran, I'm not sure such questions would be at the top of my list.

Finally, all this talk of hair reminds me of my brother, who suffered a giant mistake of a haircut at our mother's hands during his Kindergarten year, and had to obtain special permission from the school so that he could wear a hat for a month while everything grew back in. Recently, while cutting his own hair, the episode repeated itself--leaving him with a mostly-buzzed head and a rooster-comb mohawk. Bear, this pic is for you:

The day Billy discovered that he looks pretty damn good in a fedora