Oh the irony... do you realize that all those "free" online credit reports require you to a] have a credit card, and b] pay a fee or sign up for some trial 'credit monitoring service', which also requires a credit card.

Duh.




Oh yes, for those of you who were wondering (and I'm sure a few of you are squirrels), this is what I looked like as of yesterday:


Yes, the beard is real. In October, I had entertained thoughts of playing Santa Clause at the store. After the store owner said, "Screw dat", I kept growing the beard. As of last night however, it's gone. All gone. I shaved everything above the neck. Hair, beard, everything. Except my eye brows.


And for those of you who think I look like Gimli:

Frightening, no?