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The fashion blog Still in Berlin says that “the mustache is the new full beard“, so I thought I might experiment with growing a moustache. I’m not very fashionable – most of the time I flop around town in Birkenstock clogs and baggy cargo shorts – but I thought a moustache might give me a little trendy elan. I’m now thinking I’ll abandon this experiment.

One thing I didn’t count on is the fact that about half of my whiskers are blonde.

This crop might show my blonde whiskers in more detail.

This is a little surprising since my hair is nearly black.

As a youth, I was disappointed that my height was just short of six feet, and my hair was just short of black. My dad’s hair was black before it turned gray, but he’s only five-and-a-half feet tall. I guess I’ll take dark brown hair for 5.75 inches.

On the other hand, maybe my blond whiskers shouldn’t surprise me, since I have the weird mutant eyebrow hairs that are blond and much longer than the rest of the hairs.

It was pretty hard to get a good shot of my eyebrows, since my camera wanted to focus on my eyes. I guess I could have gotten someone to take these shots instead of holding the camera up to my face and hoping for the best.

Anyway, I think I’ll lose the ’stache and return to my clean-shaven ways, but the moustache experience has been worthwhile, if only to prove that I shouldn’t try to grow facial hair.

Update 8/22: The experiment is over. I shaved the ’stache earlier this afternoon. I didn’t think it was particularly uncomfortable, but I feel much more comfortable now that it’s gone. Facial hair is just not for me.