The Beard

I provide technical support for the Blackboard Learn product, which develops and licenses software applications to manage e-learning, transaction processing, e-commerce and online communities. The busiest time at work is the is back to school time, which normally runs from August to the second week in October. As as sign of solidarity all the men and work decided not to shave. August 16th was the last day to shave and we could shave again on October 4th. I was going to take a picture each week to track the beard progress but I would always forget. So I have a beginning picture and an end picture. After 7 weeks of not shaving my face hair was 1/2 an inch long. As some of you may know I am not the kind of person to do something just to have all my efforts wiped out in one day, so I extended my beard growing fun with a beard shaving week. Each day of the week following the conclusion of the back to school season at work I shaved a portion of my beard and wore it that way the whole day. The styles ranged from a mustache to the goatee and everything in between.

Start of not shaving 8/16/10

After 7 weeks 10/4/10

Proof it is 1/2 inch

Goatee

Fu Manchu and soul stripe

Fu Manchu 

Mustache 

Back to normal