My Annual Autumn Attempt To Grow A Winter Beard

03 Oct 2012 » 1 min read » Filed under: Personal & Family

I don’t know what it is about the fall that makes me feel the need to grow a beard. Maybe it is something buried deep within my DNA. But is never fails that I find myself, in autumn, making the effort without really thinking about it. Maybe it stems from laziness. In any case, I have yet to be successful. I think the longest I’ve ever gone is 20 days–the point at which the itching finally gets to me and I admit my defeat. Will I make it longer than 20 days this time around? I started on October 1. We’ll see…

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4 responses to “My Annual Autumn Attempt To Grow A Winter Beard”

  1. Derek

    Why don’t you wait for Movember and grow a moustache instead? I’ll sponsor you!
    http://www.movember.com

    1. That’s when I tried it last year. I would wait until Movember, but the truth is, I’m just plain lazy, and having already gotten three days into this, I’m just going with it. 🙂

  2. Mike Poole

    That’s funny. The itching totally goes away on the 21st day.

    😉

    1. I’ll let you know on October 22 if that is true in my case. :-p

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