Beardy wonderment…sort of

May 13th, 2009 • beards
Tags: beards

As I was skimming through a buttload of RSS feeds that I sore need to catch up on, I came across this “hierarchy of beards” thing. I don’t remember where I found it but I thought it was mostly neat. It would have been a lot cooler if it was a real display of beards with their actual names and not cutesy things like the “Hyneman” (after Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters) or the “Comic-Con” (San Diego Comic Con) and other silly names like that. I have no idea why they came up with such absurd names but I do like the overall design of the poster, very Victorian. This has fed my beardy desires for today.

The words of a spiteful God in comics

April 29th, 2007 • 1 comment beards, christianity

There are a number of good sites that produce comics based on atheistic views such as Saint Gasoline and Dan Harlow. I just found a new one in my Google Reader tonight and it’s called lolgod or would that be LOL god? I’m not really sure. This one in particular caught my eye about hating men with long hair (Jesus included). However, 1 Cor. 11:14 words it a bit more kindly:

1 Corinthians 11:14
Doth not even nature herself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

So are we to truly shame those men who bear long hair? Even Jesus? Granted, we do not truly know if Jesus had long hair during his proselytising days but we all know he is portrayed as having long hair. If the word of God is to be infallible, why is his most beloved messenger and son portrayed in such a way that would have Christians shame and demean him? And if this were true, we would hold the same against his 12 disciples since we are led to believe they too had quaffs of shoulder length — or longer — hair. If I were a person of the Christian faith, I’d be outraged that our saviour is portrayed in such a way that we are to shun and shame him. How does this even make sense?

Awesome word of the day

March 22nd, 2007 • 1 comment beards

Blog perusal lead me to the most awesome word I’ve heard in weeks:

pogonotrophy (po-guh-NAW-truh-fee) noun
The growing of a beard.

Now, PZ Myers has a mighty beard but it’s not much compared to my once flowing beast beard and my now trimmed up and long goatee/chin curtain (pictures are somewhere).