Angry Beards.
So it’s well documented I am in the midst of a slight lunch at Chipotle addiction right now. I’m a burrito guy - sue me! Today was such a day that I did in fact partake. I was on my post-Chipotle walk to Battery Park when I saw a guy on the street with a very neatly trimmed beard.
This reminded me naturally of the other guy who wasn’t Paul Reiser from My Two Dads and of course, George Michael.
Which reminded me of this interview I read once with Jason Sudeikis where he talked about breaking up with a girlfriend once and growing an angry beard as a result.
Which of course made me think of in the past running into a couple of old boyfriends right after we broke up and seeing they did in fact, grow angry beards themselves. Only years later did I realize the phenomenon of Angry Beard-dom, and how it is in fact a part of the anger/healing process. I think it is right after convincing oneself of the healing benefits of angry meaningless sex with lots of girls, yet right before putting on that excess “I just broke up with my girlfriend, and f the world, whats the point” weight.
Which of course made me think about the best Angry Beard in the history of documented cinema. I am of course thinking of Billy Crystal’s angry beard in “When Harry Met Sally.” It is the angriest and most neatly trimmed and groomed beard of them all. You can tell that Rob Reiner wanted to convey that he felt lost and in pain, and oh-so-angry, yet still was far too neurotic to let himself go entirely. Behold the dichotomy! Soft, sensitive, cable sweater meets pure masculine facial rage. 
