Lew 391 ~ Thanks for the kind words, I'm hoping that as I get a bit older the areas that bother me will fill in some.

Trick ~ Haha, I'm very glad to be back, keeping up with this board is a good bit of fun. The beard is definitely curly, can sometimes be a struggle to figure out how to brush it and what not.
I'm thinking of growing it out for the foreseeable future, growth does seem to have slowed of late (at around the 5+~ mark). I'm hoping that it hasn't actually slowed, and rather my perception of it has just changed due to how long it is (i.e. half inch a month doesn't seem as much now). Going for a tweard in the very least!