Welcome back, Andrew. You have a *magnificent* beard -- gorgeous color, great texture. Of course, I'm partial to gingers, being one, too.

About the "terrorist" and shave comments at work, I can only echo what others here have said -- that such remarks reveal painfully deep canyons of ignorance within the beholder. I mean, a ginger terrorist -- hello???

I love the combination of undercut and longish beard in the first photo of this thread. That is SO the right length for you in both facial and head hair, although, I concede, I will be compelled to check back to see what lengths you take the beard to. Even so, your shaved sides haircut is pretty sharp, and I totally relate to the desire to keep getting shorter and shorter haircuts as the beard gets woolier -- that's where I am, too.