Wednesday Wood and a 'stache ultimatum

Last Saturday I went to The New Gay's SHIFT venue at Cobalt to check it out and meet up with a couple of friends. The music might have been good but I couldn't distinguish lyrics due either to the high volume or something amiss with the sound system. Usually at Cobalt I can discern lyrics and raise my hands up in the air like I don't care but all I could make out was "OOM-thumm-OOM-thum-OOM-thumm-mumblemumble..." and so on.

Anyway, the requisite hipsters were in attendance, and I noticed the meager beginnings of a few folks tryin' to rock the 'stache. As often as with the occasionally bearded in this close-cut town, it was a facial hair FAIL. In most cases they appeared to be a feeble post-Thanksgiving attempt at a caterpillar, and in a few cases I'm guessing perhaps a month of growth dedicated to raising awareness for prostate cancer. That's an honorable cause, but we have a lot of catching up to do in this town if we want to get even close to the level of mighty 'stachiness in other cities.

It's easier to grow out a full beard and then shave it down to a 'stache of your preferred size. It's almost guaranteed to go through an awkward-looking phase if you try to grow one from a clean-shaven state. And then let it grow and some day you might rock your 'stache like me, Mark, Pete Kuzak, Lee or Rob some day. Or just keep your beard at epic proportions like Stephen.

Anyway, back to Wednesday Woof:

• Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has a rockin' body.
• Some hot guy named Shawn Roberts nekkid in "Black Rain."
• I totally missed the sometimes shaggy 2009 US Open Tennis Champion Juan Martin Del Potro this summer/fall while I was looking for a new place to live. The place is still very nice I must add.
• Josh Ritter is cute too.
• Yet another hot rugby calendar for 2010.
• And here is a fun and furry parody of Lady GaGa's 'Poker Face' as performed by a bunch of adorkable otters declaring their love for fonts and typefaces.