The story with the beard...

A bunch of you have been asking me what's up with Ryan's beard. In the 11 years that we've been together, I have never seen him with facial hair. While we were in Ocean City, he just got lazy about being on vacation and didn't shave. That resulted in this:

You can't really tell from this picture, but this is when he started to look like George Michael, i.e. Hudson's "Father Figure". He's been complaining for a little while that he's had the same haircut for like 10 years, but doesn't not what else to do with it. Once he started to grow the facial hair, a light bulb went off and he decided that this was the way to change his look. I wasn't worried about it lasting for too long since I know that it gets itchy when it grows in. Around this time, the beard turned into this:

The next day, he decided that he couldn't take the itch and went to shave it off. Just as he lifted his razor, it dawned on him that the Steelers have been winning (their last preseason game and first regular season game) since he had the beard. Similar to the playoff beard in hockey, he decided that he couldn't shave it now. It just wouldn't be fair to us as Steeler fans, the men in the black and gold, and the entire city of Pittsburgh if he were to contribute to a loss just because he shaved. So the beard continues to grow. My hope is that he'll end up looking like a contestant on Survivor by the time February comes.

I'll try to post weekly updates following each Steeler victory. Here we go....