Grew my beard in 1996. Never looked back. For a while last year, I tried a goatee. Didn't like it. Got my full beard back.

Started growing my head hair in 1990-91. Never really got long, since I was stuck in mullet mode from then until 1999. Then, I finally grew it out, but wound up getting the top and front shorn into a rather funky looking mullet-ish haircut. Got it trimmed off in 2001, and started over. By late 2001, I had the same length in the back (upper back) and even the fringe was long enough. Finally looked right. In 2002, it did get trimmed once, but grew back out.

Next cut came in October 2003 when my sister had a mental breakdown of some sorts and said that she'd never talk to me again unless I got it clipped off. At that point, it went down to the middle of my back. Was long enough, that, even when I'd have it pulled up in a higher ponytail, it'd still get caught between my shoulders and the back of the driver's seat in my car. Went to having a 1" stub at that point.

Last year, my mother decided to hack it off after she got tired of looking at it. So far, no one has touched it, and it's about 3" shorter than it was in October 2003. Got another 8-10" to go before I'm done... :-)

Probably about time to trim the beard a little to give it some shape and to get rid of the under chin hairs. But, the head hair stays.

-J