Day 30

Hair Level: One months worth of untrimmed beard, aka Scraggle.

Notes: Okay, I tried to emmulate the first pic to use to compare. I am just returned from the Outer Banks Thanksgiving trip and I think now I will go and trim. I don't think I'll shave, but instead, take this thing and see if I can make it civilized and keep the full beard for a while now that it's here.

Day 29

Hair Level: In need of a trim.

Notes: Got all Olde Timey with my son at the Roanoke Festival Park.

Day 28

Hair Level: Got some of my itch back.

Notes: I am still at the Outer Banks and we did some sight seeing today, checking out the most famous lighthouse in America (this is absolutely true as documented by the things I read at said lighthouse created by people who earn a living working at the aforementioned historical warning system). In any case, while we were there I was pondering my beard to see if I could come up with any bright ideas. However, I did not. But on the way home we stopped at another, notably not the most famous, less tall, and generally lovely lighthouse on Bodie Island and suddenly the light bulb came on.

So I have pondered the whiskers upon my face and seem to have reached a sort of literal and metaphysical enLIGHTenment.

Day 27

Hair Level: Beard-ette

Notes: While the rest of you may be slacking off I am able to participate in the holiday AND get my picture uploaded. Plus watch my wife run a 5K, plus walk on the beach in the Outer Banks with my family, plus do the difficult task of watching two movies with the family. It's a rough life.

Day 26

Hair Level: Beardy

Notes: No time for love, Doctor Jones, I'm headed out the door right now. Headed for the Outer Banks for Thanksgiving.

Day 25

Hair Level: Beard-elle

Notes: So here's what I've been thinking for some time. What if I could get people to give me money to grow my hair and/or beard. Well, maybe HoNoToGroABeMo is the jump start to the whole thing. Let's see what you guys say.

How much would you pay for me to continue growing this thing indefinitely? Here's the scheme I have in mind. I set up a site and paypal account and each week that I receive a certain amount of money I don't shave. All the money goes to charity. I'm thinking for the first month or two I would do something like $10 per week to keep me going and then up the ante as the months go by.

Well, would you contribute (and would you help with site design to make my life easier if there is interest)? I already have a blog and email called Hairathon that I've never used just in case I decided to do this thing some day.

Day 24

Hair Level: Beard-ish

Notes: Today is family day. I got to enjoy a lovely holiday musical performance at my son's daycare. Not a child over 3 involved. Quite nice, but it seemed that my son was drawn to the comfort of my beard and refused to leave my lap. To commemmorate the experience I have enlisted him in today's picture, sitting in my lap, with chocolate from the cookies they had still smeared on his face. How it got on his forehead only God knows.

Day 23

Hair Level: Beard-esque?

Notes: I have discovered something unnerving this weekend. I think perhaps I do not, as previously discussed, have an issue wherein I need my beard to fill out. Upon closer inspection this weekend I discovered that my beard is, in fact, infested with a scattering of diabolical white hairs. Perhaps I have arrived at this beard growing elective too late in my course through this life. Am I too old to be bearded? I wouldn't have thought so, at 29, but it seems it may be so.

Or maybe I'll just bleach the whole thing and dye it red. That would be awesome.

Day 22 (on 23)

Hair Level: Just fine, thank you.

Notes: Okay, so I forgot to get a pic yesterday and I'm cheating by snapping one first thing today (day 23). You'll get another update this evening at the usual time to make up for it. Meanwhile, it is worth noting that in this picture you can find me listening to Atomic Array and wearing my Geeklabel Radio shirt...remember Geeklabel Radio?

Day 21

Hair Level: Thickening even as you read

Notes: It's Friday, I've survived another week, and I'm ready for the weekend...although there is a lot to do, yet, for me to survive the short week next week. I don't know when I'll find the time to grow a beard in there.