Every now and then I remember that this website is supposed to be a record of what goes on in my life. I mentioned some time ago that I grew a beard during my bankruptcy. What I don’t seem to have posted about is that after the bankruptcy was over, I did indeed celebrate by shaving, but then I grew it back. I still have it:

The thing is, I got a lot of compliments on the beard at the time, plus it is actually easier to have a beard than to fully shave. I’m lazy, so that appeals. But what really cemented my role as a beard-haver is that I have two little niblings now who only know me as a bearded person. I want to be the uncle they recognize, so any sudden changes to my style are not welcome. The only time I’ve fully shaved in the last few years was when I knew I had two weeks without work or family commitments, so I shaved it all and let it grew back over that fortnight.

I’m not saying I’ll be bearded forever on. As the kids grow they will be more accepting of varying levels of hirsuteness. And if some weird scenario happened, like the President of Star Trek saying I’d be allowed to play an alien on Star Trek but I had to shave all the hair on my head, obviously I’d do that. But for now, I guess I’m a bearded guy.

I have mentioned this on Twitter, but then I remembered that the thing that puts my Twitter posts on my site hasn’t worked for like three years, and the site is supposed to be my actual repository of PDR knowledge, so I should be mentioning it here. So now I will.

I am, as always, going through financial difficulties. The solution is that I will be going through bankruptcy. While the process hasn’t officially begun yet, I’ve been working toward it for a couple months now. At some point I decided I would start a “bankruptcy beard” which I will not shave until I am through. It has been about a month so far and this is what it looks like.

This is about the longest I’ve been with facial hair in my life, and I will soon be entering uncharted waters. I’ve got about ten months left to go, so lets see how far I can go. And maybe having a beard will probably make the wizards who control the universe like me.