I've officially completed this more times than NaNoWriMo!

Wow, it was a treat watching that donation counter spin free like it was attached to a air conditioner. It seems to have settled at about $4300-$4400, which is lower than the goal but more than we've ever gotten before. I am humbled and awestruck by the generosity of those who donated. I donated as well (as I also suspect most of my soon-to-be-not-bearded brethren did), but it was a paltry sum compared to the total.

I missed yesterday's post, my first of the year. I have a very short time frame to get my picture in before midnight, and even getting one before sunrise can be a chore, and after over two dozen days of doing it, I just had to miss one. Maybe next year I'll post in the morning before I go to bed each day. Don't know.

I may post another pic in a few days, after I shave off the cheeks and neck and settle into my winter goatee. But the weekend's starting so who knows when I'll actually get around to it.