Thanks for the compliment, Chuck! I appreciate it. And I agree about blonde beards - they're a rare thing, which makes them cool when someone's got one, and which gives me something to look forward to when I decide to grow the whole thing again.

“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