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Beard Of The Day – May 11th – Leo Tolstoy

By Matthew Killion 1910 0

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It could be a little while til we get to see the Hawks play again. Just before I wrote this, the Wings forced a Game 7 in Anaheim that isn’t going to be played til 9PM Central on Sunday. Then the Bulls will have the UC on Monday so it’s not likely we see the Men of Four Feathers play again til Tuesday or Wednesday.

So why not curl up with a good long book? Our boy Leo has a few good options for you. Born in the 1820’s to a Russian noble family, Tolstoy found himself a pretty lousy student and became a drinker, gambler and a man quite fond of brothels (He described this as “rioting with loose women”.. which is kinda awesome). Rather than going through life as fat drunk and stupid, he joined the army and began to write. His travels and experiences around the world led him to become a Anarcho-Pacifist, which is pretty cool, going on to inspire others like Gandhi, MLK Jr, and many more.

Tolstoy’s most famous work is War & Peace, which weighs in at a hefty 3.5 lbs paperback (According to Cliff), ought to be more than enough to tide us all over. If that doesn’t work for you – I think they just made a movie out of Anna Karenina… if that’s more your thing.

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Beard Of The Day – May 9th – Chris Wilson

By Matthew Killion 1227 0

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And now we start with a tradition that might be a bit lost on some of you newer converts to our certain method of madness. Actually, it may be lost on just about everyone unless you write for this site… and even Fels shakes his head a bit at the level of devotion McClure and I put into this silly little feature.

Regardless, our beard of the day belongs to the drummer of perhaps one of my favorite bands around today – Chris Wilson of The Pharmacists.. as in Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

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Beard Of The Day – May 4th – Robert Kirkman

By Matthew Killion 1165 0

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What do you do when you’ve created one of the most popular comic series going these days? You clearly turn it into one of the highest watched television series as well. Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead comic series and Executive Producer of the television show, is probably doing pretty well for himself these days based on the success of these two ventures.

Since starting the comic in 2003, he’s produced more than 100 issues and continues to get a lot of milage out of something as simple as a zombie presence. As people who are only watching the show may be starting to realize, it’s not always (and these days rarely ever) the zombies that are the true threat. It’s also great to see that show and the books have become pretty drastically different entities while maintaining the same overall feel. There are different characters, different story lines and quite a few surprising deaths.