Filou....thanks. I think that is what I will do now. This board and all you fine gentlemen keep me on track.

Irishdan... I guess I doubt how it looks. Nobody else in my life has a beard and I sometimes feel like an outsider. You guys are my network of beard buddies that shake some sense into me every once in awhile.

Looks like I'll be keeping it. I am a little nervous on how my family might react during the holidays. Many of them have never seen me with a beard or if they have, it has never been this full.