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happy thanksgiving weekend!

a friend and neighbor of mine recently told me he was looking to give some money to a worthy cause...of course i quickly chirpped, "beards for tears!" he said, "oh ya...that's right".

i don't know for sure if he'll actually contribute to this cause, but it's always fun to throw it out there as an option. and anytime jon and i have an opportunity to draw awareness to waterwellsforafrica.com . . . we'll make the most of it.

and yesterday(thanksgiving) the first thing everyone at my parent's house noticed about me?: the beard. questions were asked..."why do you have that on your face??" . . ."when are you going to shave?" . . ."you know who you look like?" . . . "do you have to grow it for the whole 31 weeks or can you keep it trimmed and somewhat 'normal' looking?". . . "how much have you raised so far?" . . ."do you know how much older that beard makes you look?" . . . and finally, "is anyone else growing their beard for such a ridiculously, radical length of time???"

here are the answers i gave(in order of the questions above):

-> beard-a-thon to raise funds for a new water well for an african village in need...

-> in 19 more weeks...maybe :)

-> grizzly adams, lord stanley, some cough-drop guy, my cousin mark...

-> some trimming allowed(neck, 'stache, cheeks....as necessary) . . .see 'rules and regulations' on the 'beards' page at beardsfortears.com

-> we're up to about $500 in actual donations received(about 10%) with up to $1000 more in pledges(to be given soon) which comes to almost 25% raised in 12 weeks with 19 weeks to go!

-> beard adds about 10 yrs; baldness(for me) another 5-10 yrs. ...so 57 ?

-> yes.... jon and i are on the 'official' site; but many others have joined in as an act of solidarity for such a worthy cause(clean water to the people! ! !).


so i hope you had a great thanksgiving surrounded by friends, family, loved ones, etc.... and i wish you all a peaceful, joyful, and reflective december as we remember jesus' birth and what a crazy, cool time that must have been 2000 yrs ago.

may HIS peace be with you as HE is the only True Provider of HOPE, love and joy.

luvins, ... -- greg