Well, er, yes, I guess this thing is on.

Hello, again, everybody and welcome to another exciting season of How Not To Grow A Beard Month.

First, let me catch you up on a few of the developments since last year.

1. Tax-deductibility: I did do some research, but was displeased with the answers. Basically, the cost and time requirements to get us all legalified for official 501(c)(3) tax-deductible status are disproportionate to the amount of money we actually raise. So, for now as I understand it, donations will not be legally deductible. I'm looking at an alternative; stay tuned.

2. The T-Shirt: Visit http://beards4boobs.spreadshirt.com/. Buy a T-Shirt, spread the word, and add $4.10 to the cause.

3. RSS: Links where appropriate will be forthcoming, but if you want to cook your own URL, use the following components: http://honotogroabemo.org/rss[/userID][/followgroup][/comments]/hono.rss
Let me break it down:

• userID: is relatively self-explanatory. If you include it, it will return a list of posts for the user in question. Unless...
• followgroup: the RSS will include posts for anyone in the follow group of the userID provided. (No, you can't yet see/administer your follow group. I'm working on it.)
• comments: Include this token if you want in your feed comments on the posts that are in your feed.

Now, on to 2011. The goal again this year is $5,000. I know this has been a difficult year for many, but we can do this thing. Peddle your beards, gentlemen. Peddle 'em hard.

More to come as we ramp up. How Not To Grow A Beard Month officially begins 12:00 EDT, Tuesday, November 1, 2011. You have been warned.