A year in the life of a beard
Monday November 2, 2009
Categories: Varia
Via Sulivan, this wonderful, surprisingly touching short video made by Christoph Rehage, a fellow who photographed himself every day over the course of a year, in which he walked across China: The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow...
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When I saw the title included "beard" and the first line indicated it was from Excitable Andy, I thought the subject matter was going to be very different...
Seasonal? I've had one on and off since college, and probably constantly for about the last 20 years.
Now, I think the missus would kill me if I shaved it off.
I’ll be teaching 19th-century Russian literature starting in January, and a nice shaggy Slavic beard might be a good teaching aid (though I’m a Swedish-American; and I’ll probably end up looking a lot more like Anthony Trollope than Dostoevsky).
I suspect that one of the things that has attracted evangelicals to Orthodoxy likely is the typically bearded clergy. I suspect that an Orthodox priest LOOKS the way many folks want a pastor/priest to look.
College age son and many of his friends yesterday started the annual competition known on campuses as "Novembeard."
A week ago Sunday, our priest, who usually has one of those "I forgot to shave for a week" beards (not my favorite style), showed up at mass clean-shaven. Before he started his homily he had to explain to the curious that he had an accident with his shaver and before he noticed, he had mowed a skin-level swath across one cheek. There was no option but to take it all off. He was back to normal this week.
All I can say is this: I don't care for beards and/or moustaches or various versions of facial hair. Some men do look better with facial hair but I won't date or marry one who feels compelled to wear facial hair.
I shave my legs--every day--a hassle but it doesn't hurt. Do not understand the wimpiness of men who claim it "hurts".
My father decided to grow a moustache. He now looks like Charlie Rangel. I told him so.
I will clarify this:
I can understand not shaving while on a 2-week camping or hunting trip, fishermen, lumberjacks, etc.
I'm talking about the men who work indoors at office jobs. (Sorry Rod, but you're already married so it's nothing personal, just preference).
One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don't even exist yet
I love to see men grow a recreational beard every so often. I think it's good for their self-identification. Even if it comes in crummy and sparse, it's worth the initial itchy effort.
It's the ones who don't keep the line nice and clear but just let hair get all over their face who don't get it.
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