http://wireandtwine.com/store/products/hairshirt.html

The NY Times has now picked up on what you and your bearded brethren are laying down. Observe:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/fashion/thursdaystyles/23BEARDS.html?_r=1&8hpib&oref=slogin.

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Lane: I still am thinking about that tattoo, but I’m also thinking about Whitman’s engraved portrait from the title page of the 1855 Leaves of Grass.

Tim: Hey. Up indeed. I haven’t had any problems gettin’ lovin’, but I’m built in to a good situation. Bonnie Billy always seems to do well with the ladies too, fwiw.

Missy: I’d like to think I inherited her skin tone if nothing else. Her parents were amazing sailors — even her mom sailed to the islands — but alas, her father is clean shaven in the photos I found. Both her parents have terrific memoirs published.

Celia: I agree that Nathan looks like a Scandanavian sailor. He has Danish ancestry. Maybe I inherited the German Jewish side of things, though at some point old Rabbi Wasserman must have become a member of the United Brethren in Indiana, as far as I can tell.

barmaid: you’re on!

WW (wonder woman?): Thanks for the reassurance that the beard’s not compensatory. I have seen my hairline recede slightly, but luckily there’s still a lot left up top.

Gary my bro-in-law: There’s a picture from a month or two ago up on the “about” page. I tried to get a friend to email one he took last week, but he hasn’t sent it yet.

Thanks again, folks. bw