Yay!

Another last day surge! With one donation hitting just after midnight EST, it was close, but Dr. Cmaaarrr pulled out another come-from-behind victory.

We came up short of the goal, but not by very much. $4,362.75! I am once again astonished by what we've accomplished with a bit inspired tomfoolery.

Of course, our donors deserve the real credit. Thank you all so much for your generosity, and in many cases, for putting up with your husbands, brothers, friends, and coworkers looking a little shaggy for a month.

Thanks also to all the gentlemen who posted, whether once or thirty times this month. You gave your time, you very likely put up with some ribbing, you pandered for sponsorship, and in most cases, parted with some of your own hard-earned cash, too.

It'll take a week or two for the echecks and various other payments to filter in, but then I'll send the whole amount to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I will post back when it's done. I'll also put together a Fabulous Prize for our winner. Likely a winner's T-Shirt again this year unless I am otherwise inspired.

If you're an RSS user, feel free to stay subscribed to the feed. Stray posts tend to pop up now and again. Likewise, the website will remain up and active if you want to check in or send an off-season donation.

As for me, I must concede the least-unable-to-grow-a-beard title to my cousin-in-law, Beard A. Nonymous. That's quite the magnificent face rug you've got there, young man. I'll entertain any argument on the subject before I call it case closed, but it'll have to be a pretty good argument.

If you've read this far, I 'll thank you for that as well. I'll be back tomorrow with some more wrap-up, but for now, good night!