Shaving My Beard

    I grew a beard. Then it got all itchy and started twisting up my nose regularly, then I got those nasty beard-pimples that get all painful and hide under your facial hair, mocking you from its lair like some sort of threatening middle-eastern leader. So I shaved it. But not before I took advantage of the opportunity to model some new facial hairstyles.

Fully Bearded Eric


Not bad, but itchy and unkempt. Let's see if we can come up with some good alternatives.

Goatee


I had a goatee in high school. This one is much fuller, as you would imagine, but it leaves something to be desired.

Bar Goatee


This is a look I saw a pro-wrestler, or rassler, sporting back in the day. You know, back in the day when I watched pro-wrestling.

Handlebar Mustache with Fuzz under Lip




I looked surprisingly good in this one, with my huge sideburns and whatnot. All I needed was a mullet, and I'd be fit to drive a big rig full of beer and pork rinds to NASCAR.

Mustache and . . . thing


Okay, this is just lame.

Hitler 'stache


'Cause ya gotta.

General Eric Burnside




An interesting slice of facial hair history.

Clean Shaven Eric


Youthful, handsome, and relieved of his mother's constant whinning about his beard.

The Remains of my Beard


Eww.

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