Bearduary Belfast 08 "the removal"

This had gotten ridiculous..........

Woweeee i have a neck

dang look at them cheekbones......


and i feel a lot fresher now!

Bearduary Belfast 08 week 9

And this is the last image of me with a beard for Bearduary Belfast 08. In a few days i will be clean shaven for the first time in about 18 months which may just be weird. I had some little trendy scallywags at church last night who were very complimentary about my facial hair but its not enough, they do not understand yet that having this beard is a struggle of epic proportions.

Bearduary Belfast 08

Bearduary Belfast 08 week 8

Ok, none of the silly beard quotes this week! Why, i hear you ask? Well, i am fed up with this mass of hair attached to my chin. It is just making me feel like a tramp, and NO i am NOT trying to be Mr Old Testament Jew boy, those jokes are now starting to grate on my chin! I have been a strong advocate of facial hair for many a year now, i cant remember ever shaving daily but enough is enough! I will not give up though, the end is in sight and with one week to go i suppose this kind of beard fatigue is to be expected. So, prepare yourself for the new image in just over a week.............

Bearduary Belfast 08

Bearduary Belfast 08 week 7

"How womanly it is for one who is a man to comb himself and shave himself with a razor, for the sake of fine effect, and to arrange his hair at the mirror, shave his cheeks, pluck hairs out of them, and smooth them!…For God wished women to be smooth and to rejoice in their locks alone growing spontaneously, as a horse in his mane. But He adorned man like the lions, with a beard, and endowed him as an attribute of manhood, with a hairy chest--a sign of strength and rule." St. Clement of Alexandria, 2.275

Bearduary belfast 08

Bearduary Belfast 08 week 6

In the course of history, men with facial hair have been ascribed various attributes such as wisdom, sexual virility, or high status; and, conversely, filthiness, crudeness, or an eccentric disposition. "There are two kinds of people in this world that go around beardless — boys and women — and I am neither one."

Bearduary Belfast 08

Bearduary Belfast 08 Week 5

Why are beards gentlemanly pursuits you might ask? The monotony of the shaving routine, lopping off this coarse growth of our birthrights, takes precious time away from more chivalric pursuits. The valuable time wasted primping and preening one day stubble in front of a mirror or other reflective surface with a fourteen blade, vibrating faux wood paneled razor could be better spent opening doors for comely lasses dressed in the latest fashions or educating the youth in matters of import and good humor.

Huh? Check us out here

Bearduary Belfast 08 Week 4

In the 21st century, Bearduary stands as a sole voice against the tyranny of the clean shaven cheek. Striving for the return of a time when a man's character is judged by the strength of his beard. We as gentleman have been blessed with a precious gift, the gift of follicle virility in convenient patches upon our faces. I implore you not to take the sanctity of this gift lightly.

Go here to see what i am raving on about!

Bearduary Belfast 08 Week 3

There was a time when a gentleman wasn't a gentleman if he hadn't cultivated a Newgate Fringe, a Van Dyke or a Hollywoodian. The 20th century, however, has been harder on the beard aficionado. During this period of decline the beard has been limited to isolated pockets of resistance, often reserved to the purveyor of culture or revolution.

The participants of this years Bearduary can be found here.

Bearduary Belfast 08 Week 2

"...in times of inclement weather when the wind bites and snarls, the landscape turns into bleak unforgiving tundra and the sun sets before the start of happy hour, a true gentleman grows a beard."
Week 2 has begun and this will be easy due to my experience at not shaving or having a hair cut for weeks at a time. In fact, the hair cut issue used to drag on for months with an average of about 2 haircuts a year for much of my youth! A married man has to keep up some sort of standards though so i cannot get away with that level of laziness any more.

Check out the Bearduary madness here

Bearduary Belfast 08 week 1

The black and white mugshot is for Bearduary Belfast which i was supposed to take part in last year but for some reason did not. This year i am on the roll for some beard growing. If you don't want to go to their site and read the details of it then, in short i cannot shave or trim until the last day of february. You can begin the Bearduary period either clean shaven or sporting a beard and to be honest i did not fancy shaving off the beard so im starting like this. You will be amazed at how much it grows in 2 months! So, why am i doing this? No reason, do i need one? Some things do not need a reason, like why do i blog? mmm i don't know a lot of the time. If i do not know the answer to that then i'm unlikely to have a valid reason for beard growth.

Oh yea, just one more thing (adopts Columbo accent)
I discovered that Led Zeppelin make great company whilst chillaxin in the bath/tub.......i do mean their music of course, it would be weird and very loud to have the Zeppelin guys in my bathroom. I do suggest "not" air drumming to When The Levee Breaks whilst submerged in water though!