Bob Ross

When you think about great beards, Bob Ross's name has to come to mind. Add to that his awesome white man's afro and his ability to paint the sweetest pictures by looking directly at you, and this man is a legend. His TV show was simply amazing and I'm sure that I was not the only one who watched it growing up. Although I am a terrible artist and have no interest in art, I still found myself watching him paint, I just couldn't help myself. He sadly died in 1995 due to lymphoma. Although he may have passed, his legendary beard and afro will continue to live on and teach a new generation on how to paint while still looking awesome. Thank you Bob Ross, you are most definitely missed

Benjamin Harrison

Being memorial day and all, I thought it was fitting to have a former President recognized. Harrison was our 23rd president by beating Grover Cleveland in 1888. Plus, he was born in Ohio and I am proud of the fact that 8 U.S. Presidents were from Ohio. Also, his grandpa was William Henry Harrison, who was also a president, but didn't have a beard sadly, but was only president for a month, so maybe he was planning on growing one and just didn't get the chance. Benjamin was only 5'6, so to make up for his lack of height, he grew a sweet beard that definitely makes up for that. I still wish it was the 1800's so every one had a sweet beard like Harrison, but maybe it was too common then and I wouldn't be so proud of my beard as I am today. Anyway, happy memorial day and I hope people to take time out of their day to learn more about our past presidents.

Kimbo Slice

So yeah, I'm a big MMA fan and am also a Kimbo Slice fan. This guy is an absolute monster. His youtbue street fights are legendary on the internet. And now the fact that this guy is attempting to become a legitimate MMA start and headlining the first ever MMA event on national broadcast on CBS may 31st. His name is actually Kevin Ferguson, but being a bad ass like him, he had to use a bad ass name like Kimbo Slice. I'm excited what he will actually be fighting legitimate competition instead of people like Ray Mercer, Bo Cantrell and an over the hill Tank Abbott. James Thompson should be an easy win for Kimbo, and should impress the fans with a quick and powerful knockout. It's hard to pull off the big beard with a shaved head look, so good job Kimbo, keep up the good work.

Grizzly Adams

Whenever someone has a huge/wild beard, people say that he has a Grizzly Adams beard. So I thought it would be perfect to have Grizzly be the beard of the day. Dan Haggerty was Grizzly ADams on the TV show, The life and times of Grizzly Adams. Haggerty is a cool guy, he had his own brand of barbeque sauce which is awesome, he custom designed the motorcycles for Easy Rider and he is the only person to ever have his name removed from the hollywood walk of fame (and it wasn't for selling cocaine in the 80's). I also did enjoy the the bear on the show, the fact that his best friend is a bear is kind of sweet. Another great part is that there was a real life Grizzly Adams. The Grizzly Adams look is definitely a hard one to pull off because you pretty much have not to shave for at least a year, groom it straight and make sure there's hair everywhere, neck, cheeks, everywhere. So thank you Dan Haggerty and Grizzly Adams for bringing back the mid 1800's fur trapper look.

Brad Pitt

I was watching Seven over the weekend. I don't really care for Brad Pitt, I think he's over rated and not that great of an actor. However, whenever he was not shooting a film in the late 90's, he would grow a sweet beard. This thing was huge and unkempt. He looked like a hippie straight out of the 60's, not a hollywood leading man. So yeah, i'll probably never like him (although I do enjoy Seven, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys) He can grow a pretty sweet beard. But I he hasn't done it lately and I'm guessing that would be Angelina's fault because she has too many kids that he would probably scare. I miss 90's Brad Pitt, please come back and stop making boring movies.

Ben Roethlisberger

Being a big Cleveland Browns fan, I don't typically care for a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback. However, He played high school football in Findlay, the city south of Bowling Green. And he played at Miami, a MAC school that I don't really like but I do always like when MAC players make it big. And then, I come across these awesome pictures of Ben drinking at a party with college girls (about half way down). The fact that he's at what appears to be a Frat party is funny, then the fact he's wearing a drinking t-shirt that says "Drink Like A Champion Today" makes it even more awesome. I knew he played football with a beard, but I did not know he picked up sorority girls with a beard.

Here's to you Ben, we need to get you a t-shirt that says "Bearded Drinking Champion"

Ralph Lauren Model

So yeah, I was looking up modern beard fashion, and I came across this article. Although the article is from March, 2006, I think it still fits today. Bushy beards is no longer the worst thing in the world. Ralph Lauren even has models that wear bushy beards, which I find awesome (maybe I could be one?).

Favorite parts of the article:
His shaving regimen involves the use of a razor about as frequently as the seasons change.

Martin's idea of a style symbol, seriously, is Ulysses S. Grant, whose beard he came to admire after watching the 2003 Civil War-era drama "Cold Mountain."

Andrew Deutsch, a designer of interactive Web videos, swears that having a beard has changed his life, giving him an air of confidence. "I met my current girlfriend a week after I started growing my beard in November," Mr. Deutsch said. Now he finds himself constantly touching and stroking the beard, as if it were a talisman. "It's like a security blanket on my face," he said.

Yet the return of the wild beard carries a certain erotic charge that has been missing from beards since the Furry Freak look of the 1970's, or at least those who grow them hope they do.

That a full beard can suddenly look right — or, more accurately, not so awful — illustrates how quickly ideals of masculinity can change.

At hipster hangouts and within fashion circles, the bearded revolution that began with raffishly trimmed whiskers a year or more ago has evolved into full-fledged Benjamin Harrisons. At New York Fashion Week last month at least a half-dozen designers turned up with furry faces. }

"For a while men have looked too much like Boy Scouts going off to day camp."
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Long live the beard

Rupert from Suvivor

So yeah, the posts have been lacking this week, no beard of the day or free t-shirt of the day. Sorry about that if any one actually reads this thing. My girlfriend came down from Cleveland to spend some time together and I just didn't have the time. Instead, we watched Survivor: Pearl Islands on DVD and she suggested that Rupert should be my beard of the day, which was a great idea. I loved this guy. He was strong and had a sweet, completely unkempt beard. He intimidated everyone with that beard. Some people still try to have a styilish beard, this guy embraced his hippy beard, so here's to you Rupert.

Roy Halladay

After watching the game yesterday, I had to select Doc Halladay as my beard of the day. He didn't really have it yesterday, but in the past it's been something special. I heard something that he doesn't shave until he loses, which is awesome. This guy is a monster, and I was so happy when they took him out of the ballgame after Casey hit a double off of him. This guy already has 4 complete games this year, no one else has more than 1. And to remove him after only 6 innings and 2 earned runs is crazy, I don't know if he asked to leave, but that was his shortest outing of the season. And yes, I know he technically have up 4 ER last night, but when he left he had only given up 2, Accardo gave up a 2 run double to Francisco that scored Halladay's inherited runners. But this bearded wonder was the AL Cy Young Winner in 2003 when he went 22-7, 9 complete games, 266 innings and a 3.25 ERA. He's also lead the league in complete games 3 times and will probably do the same thing this year. The guy's a throw back, and we were lucky to get him out of the game so soon. Stay tuned for tomorrow's beard of the day, if you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Al Hrabosky

We're going old school here with The Mad Hungarian, Al Hrabosky. Hrabosky was the closer for the st. louis cardinals in the 1970's and later went on to pitch for Kansas City and Atlanta. He was one of the top relievers in the mid 70's going 13-3, 22 saves, 1.66 ERA and finishing 3rd in the Cy Young race in 1975. This guy was an animal, and I do believe that his intimidating facial hair had something to do with that. Prototypical 70's beard to go along with a sweet fu man chu and the classic 70's mustache. This guy is a legend, and I can not think of a better nickname for the guy than The Mad Hungarian.

Jake Plummer

Yeah, I never really liked Jake Plummer. I thought he was a pretty boy when he was Jake the Snake at Arizona State and with the Arizona Cardinals. Then, he went to Denver and transformed into Mountain Man. He also retired from football at age 32 even though teams still wanted him and took up another professional sport, Handball! How awesome is that? To make things even better, his picture used during the 2006 football season was with him and just a mustache that made him look like an 80's porn star, classic. Here's to you Jake and good luck with the whole handball thing.

Casey Blake

Obviously, I have a beard and I like it very much. I also enjoy other people's beards. Today we will be looking at Casey Blake's beard (before he shaved). I have to say that it's a pretty good beard for an athlete, screw the Yankees, I think all teams should require their players to grow facial hair, not keep them cleanshaven. Way to go Casey!