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A Beard No More
It was with great relief that I shaved off that beard on Easter Sunday. Great relief, three razors, and a skin like I'd been grated. Here are the stages:
The beard on its last day (Day 47).
Looking scarily like my Dad, with a trimmed chin version. (The Brit Superman t-shirt was a gift from James Bacon, and, he says, available in high street shops.)
Just the rather louche moustache.
And this is me. The final total raised for Shelter was £1,602.28. You should all feel very proud of yourselves. That included £146 from the kind people at Eastercon (and thanks to Flick for doing the collecting at the auction), George Martin's lovely doubled contribution, and donations from Gideon Hallett, Matthew Hyde, Matthew Kilburn, the novelists Diana Rowland, Tricia Sullivan and Adam Christopher, Paul Cockburn, Stacey Frost, the SF editor Jo Fletcher, Madeleine Flint, Sarah Lovett and my fellow UK comicker Jamie McKelvie.
The beard on its last day (Day 47).
Looking scarily like my Dad, with a trimmed chin version. (The Brit Superman t-shirt was a gift from James Bacon, and, he says, available in high street shops.)
Just the rather louche moustache.
And this is me. The final total raised for Shelter was £1,602.28. You should all feel very proud of yourselves. That included £146 from the kind people at Eastercon (and thanks to Flick for doing the collecting at the auction), George Martin's lovely doubled contribution, and donations from Gideon Hallett, Matthew Hyde, Matthew Kilburn, the novelists Diana Rowland, Tricia Sullivan and Adam Christopher, Paul Cockburn, Stacey Frost, the SF editor Jo Fletcher, Madeleine Flint, Sarah Lovett and my fellow UK comicker Jamie McKelvie.
Thanks for all being so kind. I'm never going to do anything beard-related again. And now I'm going to go and eat some soup. Cheerio!
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A Beard for Lent,
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All power to you and your hair-growing abilities. Well done! Imagined you might have tried out more than just the one moustache style, though?
I only wrangled the money collection! Most of the actual work was done by two of the TAFF candidates, John Coxon and Liam Proven.
(I am very glad we managed to raise the money, though!)
Gone, but forever in our memories^H nightmares.
Aw, I kinda liked the beard. However I'm glad I can't grow one. Not yet anyway, haha.
Rosanna
[SEE FIRST TWO PHOTOS]
[RECOILS IN ALARM, BORDERING ON HORROR]
[STEELS SELF TO CONTINUE]
...
[REACHES FINAL PHOTO]
[DEEPLY RELIEVED SIGH]
Welcome back, mate. Don't ever do that again!
I wasn't really up for moustache experimentation while hacking my way through that lot. And thanks to them, then, Flick. And you know, Rosanna, you really should have a go. As long as I don't have to ever again.
£1600? Wow, that's a great result! Your suffering was not in vain.
Although I must say I do quite like the Tom Selleck...
Congratulations! Hope you had a lovely holiday!
Loved your comments in the interview today about Action #900. You, sir, understand Superman.
Damon Lindelof? I was a huge fan of LOST and I admire him for his work with that show. But please keep that man far away from Superman. His comments today only enforced how little he understands him. It's people like him and that kind of completely misunderstanding of the character that ruins Superman.
Your interpretation of Clark Kent? Spot on.
Congratulations on the money raised. Bet you're so relieved to get rid of the beard. You're a much braver man than I.
Looking forward to Action 899 and 900, which I hope to have by weekend.
Thanks, Adam, and don't tempt me! Mary: well, we'll have to agree to differ, but thank you. Ian: ta!
Aha! It was you all along!
Well done on the final total.
Cheers!
Whoa, you looked kind of like William H. Macy with that 'stache, man.
Welcome back to your puckish smiling self!
I *think* that's a complement. Phew, anyway, it's all over now!