Oops! I went to bed early last night and completely neglected to post anything here, which means that—two days into the month—I failed National Blog Posting Month! Boom! Done!
I suppose I could back-date a blog entry (WordPress certainly has the capability), but that would be cheating, so I’ll just bow out with what little grace and dignity I can muster.
On the bright side, not feeling compelled to post something here every day will give me more time to blather over on the How Not To Grow A Beard Month site, something I’m sure everyone is looking forward to.
As of this writing, there are a total of seven official participants in HoNoToGroABeMo, six of whom have actually posted on the site. An eighth individual has expressed interest, but I don’t know if his ID has been created yet. These are the men whose chins will transform from barren to lush in the coming weeks:
- Me. Yeah. Still.
- Bob. The Cynical Optimist.
- Wesley. The Cyclical Apologist.
- Chris. The Optimal Synergist.
- Jeff. The Subliminal Optometrist.
- Nev. The Longitudinal Psychologist.
- Gus. The Duodenal Cosmologist.
It’s not too late for you and your facial hair to get in on the action! As official arbiter of the event, I will allow late entries, especially to braggarts who claim that they can grow a full beard in a week or less. It’s time to put that boasting to the test, gentlemen! Drop me a line and I’ll see that you get an account on the site!
So… I’m the guy who studies crap…?
@The Bearded Goose — On a cosmic scale!
So it’s the 4th, I haven’t shaved since the 1st, but don’t have pictures.
Any way I could get in on this still?
@David — I have beamed instructions for obtaining a username directly to your facial follicles. You need only listen to the beard-to-be and the way will become clear.
Real _men_ do not fuss over their beards; they trim them occasionally, for a ‘da laydeees’, and that’s it.
You notice a difference in behaviour of people towards you when you’ve got a good one goin’; it’s the one male feature women can’t appropriate, except by taking questionable drugs. Y’get better service in shops, too.
It says: I could give a hoot about looking like a smooth-skinned boy, now get out of my way.
@TigerTom — Your comment was caught by my spam filter, but I rescued it from oblivion; not because I don’t believe it’s spam—by my definition, it clearly is, which is why I stripped out the link to your website—but because it amuses me.
What I find most amusing is the fact that you (if you are, indeed, the gentleman who appears in the photos on your site) are clean-shaven. You’ll understand if that fact simple reinforced the spamminess of your comment and removed any lingering trace of guilt I might have felt for stripping out your URL.
But hey, nice try. I appreciate the effort, even though I suspect the text of your comment was most likely lifted, part and parcel, from another (more bearded) source.