My office is sponsoring a contest this month called Beardtober. The premise is simple: the participating guys let their beards grow throughout October, and the best and worst beards at the end win prizes. The entry fees, and the opt-out donation for those who don’t want to grow, go to Vogel Alcove, a great organization in Dallas that provides day care to homeless children while their parents work or look for work.

Although I’m a better candidate for Worst Beard than Best, I signed up and haven’t shaved since Thursday. I might post pics here, but we have an official Beardtober website where you can follow everyone’s progress. Most of the “before” pictures are our company ID pics, some of which are really old. Mine is from 2001, when I still had hair. They gave me 15:1 odds.