Sherman’s beard was made out of licorice. 

May 05, 2011, 12:13pm

Herman Melville Likes Your Beard

January 23, 2011, 10:12pm

October 06, 2010, 1:09pm

See you Thursday night!

September 14, 2010, 2:54pm

rebarbative |rəˈbärbətiv|

adjective formal

unattractive and objectionable : rebarbative modern buildings. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French rébarbatif, -ive, from Old French se rebarber ‘face each other “beard to beard” aggressively,’ from barbe ‘beard.’

Via the OSX dictionary, thanks to @jeb.

September 02, 2010, 9:25am

Image captured from Dwell magazine.

More corroboration: http://marcosalas.blogspot.com/2010/05/bill-bryson-story-of-electric-light-for.html

August 29, 2010, 9:52am

Joseph Palmer after he moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1830. A pious churchgoer and War of 1812 veteran, Palmer was made a pariah for wearing a killer beard. People would openly insult him, throw rocks at him, regularly break the windows of his home, and even cross the street so as not to be near him when he passed by.

Contrary to popular belief, beards were profoundly out of fashion in the United States since its founding, and didn’t start to regain popularity until the 1850s.

Palmer was so reviled that in 1830, while walking out of the Old Fitchburg Hotel, he was attacked by four men who attempted to forcefully shave his beard on the grounds that his beard was immoral. Palmer was thrown on the stone stairs and, unable to repel the four men, resorted to stabbing two of his assailants in the legs with his jackknife. Palmer was then arrested and fined for committing an unprovoked assault. Even though he had the resources, he refused to pay the fine on principle, and was jailed as a debtor in the Worcester city jail. He spent over a year in prison, during which time he repelled two more attempts by jailers and prisoners who sought to shave his beard against his will.

Palmer would be quietly released thanks to the large amount of bad press that was generated by his story as it wound its way through the national newspapers, but he would refuse to leave until he could secure a proclamation that it was perfectly acceptable to wear a beard.

Joseph Palmer achieved national celebrity status at the time, and used his position to contribute time and money to the Temperance and Abolitionist movements.

Palmer died in 1873 at the age of 84, and on his grave in Leominster, Massachusetts is a picture of a man with long, flowing beard and the words, “Persecuted for wearing the beard”.

Adapted from Dyers.

May 28, 2010, 8:19am

“Little Hercules” Starring Hulk Hogan as Zeus! Bottle of red at my place?

April 06, 2010, 1:24pm

from Bearded Britt Daniel

January 11, 2010, 4:15pm

hey guys what did i miss this weekend?

February 23, 2009, 1:28pm

I am preparing daily for next week’s Beard competition.

February 13, 2009, 9:16am

Shave Beards

February 08, 2009, 12:02pm

Our first pro-beard administration since Benjamin Harrison?

ps. dudes - sorry, i shaved my beard last night.

December 04, 2008, 8:38am