schleiffen_man_asks The Schleiffen Man Dear blatherskites, I haven't shaven in a week or so and my facial hair is starting to get long. I have two options here. Go for the beard or shave it. What say all of you? Signed, TSM 001021 ... silentbob tsm what you must do is stay unshaven til you get sick of it. ! 001021 ... klairchen Well, that depends, if not shaving makes you look like a billy_goat, I'd say better whip out the razor. And if you do indeed whip out the razor, and not do such a good job of it, I'd recommend that you read a little something that I wrote back in the day: unsightly. 001021 ... klairchen I'd also like to comment on the fact that Schleiffen_Man is a whippin genius! Reversing the order of the title in the question pages, leaving the asking part to all of blatherland. What insight! 001021 ... The Schleiffen Man But of course Klairchen, it would be rather arrogant of my to assume I know everything. 001021 ... The Schleiffen Man Just to abate my curiosity, who here on blather would like to hear molly go lighty? send all responses to schleiffen_plan@hotmail.com... i'll be watching... 001029 ... The Schleiffen Man it messed up my e-mail... send it driectly to me (please no spam) at errol.tisdale@usm.edu or soulsteal@hotmail.com if sending tot he soulsteal address, make sure it's a notable topic or else you will get blocked... so send tot eh usm account please? 001029 ... tourist Beards are wonderful things in many ways.If You live in a cold climate with freezing weather it'll help by keeping your face more insulated. Also you get the Ice Mustache Effect that I truly used to enjoy, as my exhaled breath would first condense then freeze beneath my nose. Really primal sensation, I'd imagine myself a Cro Magnon hunter stalking game in the shadows of glaciers. And if you live in a tropical or desert clime then it'll work as a temerature buffer to keep you cooler through evaporation. This is not even mentioning the disguise factor. No lie! I wore a beard for many years and really had forgotten what my naked face looked like. One day I shaved and put on some different clothes that no one had seen me wear, and a freind that I'd been sharing the house with for ten years didn't know who I was. I seemed familiar but he couldn't place me. A good trick if you need to Drop Out Of Sight. The Best thing about long term beard wearing is that it keeps your face from the weathering elements and so when you get to be around fifty you can shave, and suddenly you're decades younger. Get past the Itching and it's not a bad deal all things considered.it also gives you another thing to do while thinking, you know the thoghtful stroking of whiskers practiced by wise guys through the ages. Go for it man! 001029 ... tourist P.S. I had also cut my hair at the same time further heightening the effect, but it's a true story. 001030 ... The Schleiffen Man Well what do you know? It's "Question for the masses" time again. The Schleiffen Plan webpage has exclusively 257 colors (256 shades of grey and one shade of blue). Should I allow in more colors? Speak your mind.... 001105 ... klairchen Ahh. Ok I really like the colour anthracite. But maybe you could pay hommage to bl a th er and add a splash of indigo. 001105 what's it to you? who go blather from