Build A Tower, And They Will #ProveIt

By now you know that there are few things that light up our day here at B-a-B is community engagement and comments/pics/stories/advice from you all. We cherish it immensely and thank each and everyone of those that submit materials to our attention. You also likely know Riss and my obsession with Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr et al... so when these two interests blend, we really get to smile.

Today, we got a message on Facebook from a "Matthew Smith" asking us to jump in and get to commenting on a picture he took a few days ago that has garnered over 50 comments already (56 by the time we went to print), noting they are looking to test the realms of how high they can build their comment tower.

Surely, we HAD to see this... well, you know what... it was worth it (barely, as a lot of the comments seemed to come from Matt himself... tricky tricky), so here it is for your viewing pleasure.

So, go on and find this "Matthew Smith" on Facbeook, find the pic, and comment away! Let's see how far we can take this beast... You can thank us later Matt, way to #proveit

Proving It Doggy Style

Get your head out of the gutter, this post is about men and their best friends... two of them in fact, beards and dogs. C'mon dawgs, c'mon... you know how much we love dogs, remember the neck beard that woofs?

Anyway, meet Scott Herskovitz, a long time B-a-B fan on Facebook, a skater, designer/artist (who actually designed the Scion logo), and a clear dog lover... what warmed our heart is the myriad of pictures that Scott has of his three best friends... his dogs (Nan and Herbo) and his awesome beard chillin' together (do skaters say chillin'? what about hanging loose... ugh forget it).

Below you can see the progression of Scott's beard growth aligned to the rearing of his awesome Huskies... what a lovely, hairy family you have Scott, good on ya. Way to #proveit, I believe you were our first Facebook #proveit...

Also, since you are in LA, please accept this as an official (and personal) invite to the 2010 LA Beard Ball.

   

Anniversary #proveit Beard

From time to time, a beardo comes along that just warms our heart... JJ Stiedaman (aka @gopher33j) is one of the many that did so in the new year... for one simple reason... B-a-B encouraged him (as many others) to grow a beard, and he did... but moreover, Jerry grew it out in conjunction with the live launch of www.build-a-beard.com (as in when we took of the blogger training wheels in late December)... and now, we are proud to report that Jerry is going on 2 months of beard growing (and giving credit to B-a-B outright no less) and we are 2 months into a lifetime of beard blogging!

Of note is also the fact that Jerry took his beard to the streets and got it on TV! Well done young beardo, well done indeed... local TV is one of the BEST ways to #proveit.

We are SO proud of you Jerry, and hope that just like B-a-B.com you and your beard will have a long life together, we will forever be linked in our hair escapades... so don't even think about shaving, cause we wont quit (even if you do)... besides, look how far you've come!

Happy anniversary indeed... go beard or go home!

The Story of Pink Beard

It really has been a long time since we've done a Twitter edition of #proveit! We take the sole blame and are not insinuating that there is less beard-ness on Twitter to #proveit than say, facebook... perhaps even on the contrary.

Case in point, meet Nicky Edwards (aka @_penski)... we've been following him for quite some time now; and how can you not when the bright, hot pink beardness is staring at your from the screen!? See solid proof below:

Of course, upon closer examination, and a zoom of the profile pic, you can clearly see this is no beard at all, these are mutton chops like no other... but if you're anything like us, you ask yourself... what happened to the beard, is it pink too, and are Nicky and Perez Hilton related (sorry man, we just had to)?

Some answers to these burning questions are as follows, quoting Twitter convo with Nicky: "bright pink hair looks stupid with dark brown mutton chops... So they went pink too. Not been coloured for about a year now... had pink, green, blue, purple, red beards before. Got a big natural full beard and handlebar mustache now. 3" since 1st Nov 2009."

Well, what does Nicky look like today? Better, worse, like he can kick Perez's ass? Yes, no, YES... see why/how for yourself, and you be the judge. Nicky, you proved it and satisfied out curiously all at the same time! Thank you for all that.

You rock, don't look so surprised either...