The final beard?

That's right. This thing is over. Here is my final beard. Done. It's over...or is it?!?!

I think of the MALES in the running this year I can safely assume the title of worst beard and thus have truly shown now NOT to grow one.

Sure, Mur may have less hair on her face, but I think that perhaps that would be more respectable than the uneven, spotty, too-mature-middle-school-boy beard that I've developed in the last 30 days.

There are many manly examples of fantastic beards around this website and I have to say I'm impressed, and occasionally jealous.

So here's the deal. I need to make a choice. Go back to my usual moderately groomed goatee with consistent shadow of unshaven-ness on my cheeks or do I do some trimming and see if this "beard-thing" turns into anything worth while before the Christmas holiday.

I do leave the door open for a third option, which I alluded to yesterday. Every day after today that I get a donation I will remain unshaven. I may have to to some trimming for my sanity, for the lip beard is overwhelmingly obnoxious. But that's the deal. If I get at least a $1 donation every day for the next 40 years I will grow the most fabulous ZZ-Top style beard you've ever seen and it will be hilarious (if you don't mind laughing at me instead of with me, because it will almost certainly be a lot less impressive than all that).

I suspect that more likely the case will be that there is no donation as of tomorrow and I shave tomorrow night before bed. But you have until 9PM Eastern time tomorrow (Dec. 1st) to prove me wrong and keep the money flowing in which case I'll even try and keep posting and taking pics.

Bob will have to keep my informed so that I don't accidentally shave when donations come in, but hey, it's for boobs and I'm sure he'd be willing to make the sacrifice.

In any case, I suspect that this is all, and tomorrow I'll post my last post showing you that I have, in fact, shorn my face to it's normal status. Prove me wrong.

In my ears: All Christmas station on iTunes radio

Beard level: Immature at best

Sponsor of the day: All of you! Thanks for you're donations (and keep them coming if you want to see me get more silly with time).