Thank you so much for the kind words brucew and Scarface! 
I am not sure about the yeard, but it is not out of the relm of posibilities!
The jouney has been great! The beard attracts its own awesome attention and surpises me often. 

This reminds me of a story:

Last spring I was down in Austin, TX  for SXSW and had beard 1.0. As I was walkng down the street with my buddies, a man about my age (mid 20's) yells to me, "Hey man! Nice beard, I'll wrestle you for it!". We all lost it, So funny.

This is probably the most interesting attention it has caused so far.... Its definitely been a trip.