Monday, January 03, 2005

Why, yes I have, why do you ask?

When you work for a company whose ban on male employees having facial hair is well known (at least locally)*, and you go out to meet friends looking like this:

Beard(ish) snapshot

...you might be surprised how often you get greeted with variations on the "SOMEbody's been taking some time off!" theme. Like, say every time.

I was off Dec. 24-27, worked (and was presentably shaven) on Dec. 28, but have been off since. Back to work tomorrow, so off it comes.

*OK, technically, I can have a mustache. But keeping the mustache trimmed to above and between the corners of the mouth, as required, leaves me with a rather unpleasantly historical appearance.
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5 comments:

  1. Jorge Vazquez1/04/2005 5:53 AM

    Ahhh and you look very cute with it. Why no smile for the pic?

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  2. dewayne1/04/2005 10:57 AM

    Yes. YOU SHOULD SMILE MORE. ;)
    Incidentally, your lips are more than life-size on my work computer.

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  3. cola boy1/04/2005 11:05 AM

    Ahhhh, the days of growing a beard because my job wouldn't let me. LOL!!! Now I keep it all shaved because it makes me look younger because it was all turning prematurely gray.

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  4. Anonymous1/04/2005 3:47 PM

    Stubble is sexy. ;-)

    Scott

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  5. ericopia1/04/2005 8:22 PM

    No smile because I like having a beard. After Scott's comment, perhaps I like having stubble even more.

    After Dewayne's big-screen comment... remind me NOT to check this post on the oversized screens at the Apple Store. Yikes. There comes a point where "full and luscious" can be taken too far.

    Cola Boy: I may have a bit of grey in there, actually, but people are generally more distracted by the red beard on blond(ish) me. For now, at least.

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