Playoff Beard

Some people asked this past Sunday if I was growing a beard.  In fact, I am not.  However, I am also not shaving, which means that in fact, I am growing a beard.  This is not being done to make me look sexy (as if).  Tradition in hockey dictates that if your team is in the playoffs, you don’t shave until they’re eliminated.  People joked that the Boston-Montreal series would only go three games, but the B’s showed them.  I have a vestry meeting tonight, which means that for the third time in four this series, I won’t get to see the game.  But Boston is 1-1 when this happens; not bad odds.

You should know that the playoff beard is only one of the reasons hockey is the greatest sport on the planet, and perhaps one of the three greatest blessings God gives us.  No other sport really does the playoff beard.  Maybe Lent could be spruced up with Lenten beards.