We’ve been playing with the hair straighteners this week, and I’d like to introduce you all to Gary, my evil twin brother. Gary has an unnaturally straight beard!
Gary Straight Beard
And “Yes!”, it did hurt! I was going to say that pain is a small price to pay for art, but I’m not sure I could be accused of art! That said, Gary, my evil straight bearded twin, is arty, and has just produced this little gem:
Artistic!
I tried Googling a beard of the week for someone with a straight beard, failed miserable, and swiftly gave up, so this week, suggested by my old mate Mark via Facebook is hard man Kimbo Slice. Kimbo is obviously a made up stage name, his real name, according to Wikipedia is Kevin - much less hard!
Top of the morning to ya, and welcome to this weeks instalment of the Beardie Weirdie Blog!
Firstly, I’ve reached to 60% mark in the fund-raising stakes. Many thanks to my Mum, Rose, for her unrelenting support.
I was doing some research today for something interesting to say on beards. This is the first thing I found on Google, and it’s brilliant!
Well, once you’ve recovered from that, moving on to this weeks photo my beardie progress. This week, I’ve gone for a profile shot. I don’t have a guitar growing out of my beard, oh no, that’s my daughters guitar, that I like to have a plink about with on occasion.
27th August 2009
This weeks Beard of the Week was inspired by me watching TV on Thursday night. Not that he’s currently sporting a beard, Frankie Boyle did a stint recently as a beardie, and a very nice ginger example it is too.
Well, I’m approaching the two third mark, and I’ve just measured a beard hair that has moulted in this glorious heat we’ve been enjoying. It’s currently 9cm long (not that it’s particularly uniform in length), so if it continues to grow at the same rate, it should be approximately 13.5 cm by the end of the year.
I’ve done some Googling on “how to encourage beard growth”, and the general consensus is that shaving more regularly helps. Well I won’t be trying that in much of a hurry!
Many thank you’s to Leah from Michigan for this weeks donation!
Here’s this weeks photo - taken by me in my garden on Thursday night. Ooh, almost forgot to mention - thanks to Dan for the snappy new hair cut!
21st August 2009
This weeks Beard of the Week was suggested by my mate Oakers, and is Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons! Here he is as playing as a one man band! Oakers also writes a blog - Eirglish, and is definitely worth a click.
This weeks sees the half way point in my bearded adventure. On today, Friday 3rd of July it’s 184 days = 4416 hours = 264,960 minutes = 15,897,600 seconds since I last shaved on 31st December 2008. That’s a lot of numbers - praise be for Excel!
With the greatly appreciated donation from Oakers, I’m currently 55% towards my fund-raising target of £500 for the Pasque Charity. With your support, I’m confident that we can get the desperately needed funds to this very good cause.
Moving on then, it’s been hot this week. Very hot. When I left my office on Tuesday evening, the thermostat thing in the car reckoned it was 37°C. Granted, our car park is a bit of a sun trap, but I’m surprised that my car tyres haven’t melted! Luckily, the beard isn’t too bad in the heat, although it’s definitely more challenging to apply sun cream.
I’m sure you’re busting to find out what six months of beard growth looks like, so here goes:
6 months of beard!
This weeks Beard of the Week is none other than Captain Birdseye. Not the new fangled one, not the short lived young and hip Captain Birdseye, but the original one - from when I was a nipper. John Hewer played, in my opinion, the best Captain Birdseye, so here he is:
Hello children, and welcome to this weeks Beardie Weirdie blog.
This week has seen the birthday of my lovely wife, Sam, who turned 21 again on Tuesday. Unfortunately, it’s been another quiet week on the donations front, but as pay day is approaching, fingers crossed there will be more news on the fund raising front next week.
Here’s this weeks mugshot. I should really the wax out or try to plait it, perhaps how next week’s half way special. I’ve gone for an artsy black and white shot today.
25th June 2009
Moving onto this weeks Beard of the Week, I have chosen Isaac Hayes. Known by many as Chef from South Park, but his soul music career should not be overlooked.
Hello there Beardless Buddies, and welcome to this weeks blog!
News from beard land this week - our cat Pepper has delivered 5 healthy baby kittens! To honour this momentous occasion, I have prepared a world exclusive - a beard made of kittens!
Beard of Kittens
A big thank you to Emma Bygrave for this weeks donation. I’ve never actually met Emma. Her donation was made today following a brief email exchange, and she must of clicked on to the website from my signature. I guess she agrees that the Pasque Charity is a good cause!
Well, last weeks photographs of my haircut caused quite a stir. I’ve had comments coming in via emails, texts, and comments on Facebook. You can all breathe a sigh of relief that the photo’s were purely taken for fun, and I haven’t looked like a bowl cut monk for the week. Here’s the beard in all of its 163 days of glory:
163 days of beard
Last but by no means least, this weeks Beard of the Week was suggested via Facebook a few weeks ago by my friend Glenda, and requires no introduction.
Hello there Beard Fans, and welcome along to this weeks Beardie Weirdie Blog!
I’m in a good place with the beard at the moment, despite a lot of people giving me funny looks - I think a lot of people are suspicious of people with beards. I have no idea why!
Most people I talk too say something along the lines of, “Oooh, isn’t it itchy?”, well, no, it isn’t! The beard was itchy at the stubble phase months ago, but that phase has well and truly passed. Head hair isn’t itchy, and neither is facial hair, in fact, it’s nice and soft. It doesn’t take any more care than head hair - I shampoo it every other day, comb it twice a day, and if I feel like pampering myself, I occasionally have a sneaky pinch of some of the wife’s conditioner!
Speaking of the wife, many thanks to Sam for this weeks donation! I’d like to thank her for her support and tolerance of the beard - she’s not a beard fan, but she’s really on my side with it.
Here’s this weeks mugshot, taken on Thursday in my office.
15th May 2009
Moving on to Beard Of the Week, this week was suggested by my friend Jenny, and is Roy Wood, who is best known as being a founder member of ELO and Wizzard.
Roy Wood
That’s it for this week, tune in same time next week for another instalment from the Hairy Bear.
Welcome to this weeks instalment of the Beardie Weirdie Blog!
Well, there’s no denying that that year is marching on. I’d like to think that early summer is upon us - things in the garden are growing and getting cut, and my beard is growing, but not getting cut. Also, the smell of outdoor cooking on the BBQ on sunny days is hard to avoid.
Not remotely beard related. but with a mention nevertheless, is the Stotfold Mill Steam Fair and Country Show. Having been brought up in a coal bunker, messing about with steam engines, I can thoroughly recommend spending a day there.
I’ve picked up a couple of donations from two of my regulars – my lovely Mum, Rose, and my friend Chris. Thanks again to them for their support.
This weeks photo was taken on Thursday lunchtime by me. My office is close enough to the River Great Ouse in Bedford to get out for a nice walk. Looks like I’m going blonde in the full sun!
Bedford Beardie
Moving on to this weeks Beard of the Week, suggested by my friend Tom, this week is Charles Darwin.Beards were much more popular in Victorian times, and I hope to continue bringing the beard back.
Charles Darwin
More to follow next week.Read the blog?Leave me a comment, if only to say “Hi!”.
Welcome to this weeks instalment of the Beardie Weirdie Blog!
Well, I’m now a quarter of the way through my year of beard growing. If I was running a company rather than growing a beard, I’d be doing my VAT about now! It’s quite a daunting thought that my beard may be 4 times the length it is now by the end of the year!
It’s been a great week for donations, with my lovely Mum, Jo & Tim, and Stash. Thank you so much for digging deep during these hard times. Your hard earned is going to a fantastic cause, and will definitely be put to good use.
Worth a mention this week is recently founded British Beard Club. The club has been formed to support and encourage bearded men. Their website even has a gallery, which I now feature on!
The beard is getting long enough to start playing with. I’m hoping to get to the stage of plaiting it. Here’s the progress on the beard so far:
Spikey beard
This weeks beard of the week was suggested by my friend Henry. He’s just turned one, and his suggestion was interpreted by his Mum, Cathy. I was helping friends put up a fence at the weekend, and apparently, from the house, I look like Bluto! So here he is.
Bluto
More to follow next week. If you have any suggestions for “Beard of the Week”, or any suggestions for fund raiser marketing, just leave a comment or email me!
Well, it’s Friday already! Time sure does fly when you’re growing a beard. I went for a walk along by the river in Bedford at lunchtime yesterday. It was a windy day, and I could actually feel my beard blowing in the wind! Sounds like the start of a Bob Dylan parody! “My beard my friend, is blowing in the wind. My beard is blowing in the wind.”
The past week has included Mothers Day. Sunday involved lots of family visits, and we had our first BBQ of the year. A great time was had by all!
The beard is definitely growing. Here’s the current shot took on Thursday night:
27th March 2009
This weeks Beard of the Week is none other than Laurence Tureaud, better known as Mr. T - B.A. Baracus from the A-Team.
