Wanted to share a quick and interesting update... I passed a former math professor of mine in a hallway the other day, and he went right by me for a moment until I said, "How are you?", and his response when he clued in to who I was? He didn't recognize me with facial hair! Interesting how it can alter one's appearance, isn't it? Beard on, gentlemen. 

“For God wished women to rejoice in their locks alone growing spontaneously, as a horse in his mane; but has adorned man, like the lions, with a beard.” - St. Clement of Alexandria