A few good sentences about beards:
my favorite
"A beard is a bullshit filter. It keeps me from working at lame places and 
interacting with lame people."
or
"My beard-growing goes with my life philosophy: not why, but why not?"
and
"A beard is a friend who is always there to give you a hug.".
It comes from this great article

There it is, I've been in New York City since yesterday...those who know me well understand what it means to me.
Photos very soon.

Newport Beach-early morning

And now, for something completely different...Ray Barbee!

The dying sea.

Salton sea, the toxic lake, a haunted place with its dead inhabitants...
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/BioscienceSavingSaltonSea.html

"Le genie, c'est l'enfance retrouvée à volonté."

Baudelaire