Here I am...professionally shaved while at work moulding young minds...I mean, I wasn't doing it right that moment, they were reading textbooks when I took this...but you get the idea.

So I mentioned, in jest, in Chris' comments that I was going to start a HoNoToGroABeMo game for the participants...mostly so I could take away points from him for picking on me for picking on everyone else.

So here it is, the HoNoToGroABeMo game wherein it is your mission to earn Man Points. THe more you earn the more of a man you are.

The gist is this, every day you post (text and image) you get 10 points...if it's half there, half points. If the image is particularly awesome bonus points as determined by me. If you make me actually laugh...fer realz, bonus points. If I opt to give you more points, bonus points. That's the game.

Here is the point totals right now:

Chris - 5

Beard A Non - 12 (+2 for the picture)

Drew - 10

Wesley - 10

Bob - 0

Duane - 10

Brian - 10

Cmaaarr - 10

Fred - 0

Me - 10

Jeffrey - 13 (+3 for having a good name and the Halloween costume)

Kris - 11 (+1 for the Halloween costume...it wasn't technically for this month or else I'd give him more points)

Michael - 12 (+2 for joining the Fitocracy group)

Pete - 10

Brian E - 10

In other discussion, last years HoNoToGroABeMo was AWESOME...if it could have improved anywhere it would be have been with the community interaction...I was part of the problem so this year I'm going to work hard to be part of the solution. I will be commenting things up and reading all posts. So there.

Lastly, I was chatting on Twitter the other day about HoNoToGroABeMo and mentioned Fitocracy.com, a social network based around exercise. I thought, hey we could grow beards and muscles at the same time. So I made a HoNoToGroABeMo group which is currently made up of me and Michael. You should join us...if you need an invite into the site let me know, I have one left, but you then have to spread the love to the others.

Anyway, I've been saving up all sorts of beard-y goodness for this month and none of this stuff was part of the planned agenda, but that's enough for today...I look forward to kicking all your bearded butts this year!