Open letter to all "going bald" dudes who are trying to hang on by a thread, er, thinly combed over piece of hair...let it go.

The best advice I have ever taken was from my best friend who encouraged me to "just Bic it, man." It took me a few years to finally accept the inevitable, but when I did I couldn't be happier. Of course there was the initial shock of my big, white, high forehead and the rest of my freshly shorn cranium. But as the days went by I realized it was the right choice for me. But what took me and others so long to give in to nature and do away with the embarassing brush attempts to cover up? For me it was pride. But now I feel even more proud because I love it, and I don't look like a complete douche with plugs in my head.

I've been shaving my head for over a year and a half now and I have come to realize that there are so many great advantages to being hairless. It takes me less time to get ready. I can wear a hat without feeling like someone is pointing out I'm only wearing a hat to cover up a bald spot. I save money on haircuts (my wife buzzes my head twice a week). And I get mistaken for Bruce Willis once a year.

But if you do decide to go bald and stay bald know that there are some disadvantages, too.

If you're too white you could be mistaken for one of the dudes from "The Hills Have Eyes." But more importantly you now have increased your chances of contracting forms of skin cancer. So remember to lather up before heading out, because bald is nice unless your head is a charred piece of scrag. Trust me, I know from a brutal 2 hour horse ride, sans cap, that ultimately had me peeling flesh from my skulls for a month. Not good.

But take heart because there are millions of bald men AND women out there who make a pretty good living despite not having a speck of hair on their heads. Here's my top 9.

Ok, on to my list of guys who finally decided to go bald and be proud of it. It certainly didn't hurt their careers.

9. Yul Brynner. The King of Siam shaved his head for the King and I and never looked back. This bad ass became even more menacing with his shaved head that he landed parts in the Magnificent Seven and the futuristic West World as a theme-park terminator gone bad.

8. Telly Savalas. Who loves ya, baby? The lollipop loving Kojak wore his pale pate proudly in dozens of movies. He even got to suit up as James Bond's nemesis Ernst Blofeld in On Her Majesties Secret Service.

7. Jason Statham. Don't know who he is? Have you seen The Transporter? Before Statham started in movies he was a former award winning diver in England. He came on to the scene in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and has recently been in numerous bad ass movies like The One, The Bank Job, The Italian Job, Crank, and the coming soon to theaters Death Race.

6. Billy Zane. Zane tried to hang on to his hair for a while but after Titanic He let it go and for good measure. You can see him a variety of B movies, but he looks best bald like in his cameo in Zoolander.

5. Patrick Stewart. Call him Othello, or Jean Luc, or Dr. Xavier, but Patrick Stewart has been a bad ass baldie for quite some time. This classiclly trained actor of stage and screen lends class and sophistication to bald men everywhere.

4. Ben Kingsley. Bald as Gandhi. Bald as a Sexy Beast. Bald as Schlinder's assistant. Ben Kingsley is awesome.

3. Michael Jordan. The man who owned the 90's. Chicago Bulls superstar forever is as recognizable for his tongue hanging from his mouth while dunking on you as he is for his shiny noggin. The greatest basketball player of all time went bald early in his career and went on to win the NBA MVP 5 times and Finals MVP 6 times.

2. Bruce Willis. Remember when Moonlighting and Die Hard made Bruce Willis a house hold name? Remember how he failed miserably to keep that hair? Remember how he shaved his head for good and revived his career, making him both relevant and bankable? Bruce Willis is a bad ass, but he's not my number one.

1. Sameul L. Jackson. The guy who made more movies than any other actor during the 90's is also known for never having the same hair style in more than one movie. You could argue that he is at his most bad ass in Pulp Fiction while spouting bible versus with a huge Fro, but throw him into any situation and this bald mutha will automatically be the number one bad ass in the room.

Billy Bob Thornton - - You're not fooling anyone.

Sean Connery - - Shhhhhave it, laddie.

Burt Reynolds - - How do you vacuum that rug?

Matt Lauer - - Where in the world is your sense? Shave it.

Kenny Chesney - - No shirt, no shoes, no hair, no problem.

Tim McGraw - - You aired it out in Friday Night Lights and it worked.

Matthew McConaughey - - Nice pecs, and hair piece.

Ben Affleck - - Rumor or not, a bald head can't be worse than Gigli.

Nic Cage - - You have the worst fake hair in Hollywood. Time for haircut.