General Ambrose Everett Burnside, a man who would not understand me.
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For this entire period, I have been flummoxed by what must seem like a trivial issue. I could never get my sideburns to be even from one side of my face to the other. When the time came for adjustments, I positioned myself close to the mirror, looked for landmarks on my face, and carefully trimmed one sideburn to what seemed like the appropriate length of the day. I would then repeat this procedure with the opposite side. The trouble came when I took a step back and saw that they were nowhere near the same level.
Today, after decades of turmoil, I struck upon the root of my problem. My ears are not even; my left ear is higher on my head than my right. So when using my ears to fix the correct position of my facial hair, I was doomed.
I am a freak. Please do not point and/or stare.
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