Dotty Parker

woooo woooo! new choo choo!

Hey! AngerTrain got an interview with Amtrak. He'd really like to work for Amtrak. He would really, really like to work for Amtrak. PTAMom was thoroughly amused that he wore a suit and tie (I'm not sure why that amused her). She was further amused, and I nearly fell down, when she reported that he shaved off his beard!

Whoa.

He's had a beard for at least six years. PTAMom thought he grew it to keep him warm in the winter when he was working outside doing train things.

Yes, that was part of it. The other part, however, is that he didn't want to look so young. He's already an intimidating force. He's got a deep voice and he walks with his shoulders first. He looks like he'll plow you over if you get in the way. He bought a motorcycle (Wouldn't take me for a ride. No helmet, he said. Boring, brain valuing boy.) and drives an F250. He would run over your Prius. He's a man's man. The beard was just icing on the beefcake.

And then he shaved his beard. Because they told him he should arrive clean-shaven.

Double whoa.

Indeed, he had reason to believe that he looked very young without a beard. The guys at work call him Baby Face now. And he got proofed at the store.

Ha!

Actually, I do have a small amount of sympathy. For him and for BellyRub. BellyRub also has a beard. He knows I don't like it. I call him Mordecai because he looks Amish. Sometimes he laughs. I think small creatures live in his beard because it seems to form nest areas.

He says he looks like a kid without a beard. I say he looks like an Amish kid with a beard.

So here they are.

That's AngerTrain at BellyRub's wedding.

That's AngerTrain when he's a lumberjack with encephalitis.

That's BellyRub proving how grown up he is. Why would he need a beard?

This is what my brothers look like without a beard.

So what's the problem?

Posted by dotty at September 2, 2004 02:11 PM