Hi.

I'm not 100% clear on if <a href="http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2011/12/13/3090715/matisyahu-shaves-beard">this means he's denouncing Hasidic Judaism or not</a>, but this morning orthodox Jew reggae rapper Matisyahu <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/matisyahu/status/146577385318391808">posted a beardless pic of himself to Twitter </a>and released <a href="http://matisyahuworld.com/news/detail/note_from_matisyahu/">the following announcement on his website</a>.

Sports LOLNFL: Preseason 2011 Week 1 - The reasonable adult approach to professional sports is to wait for the pictures to go up and put a bunch of block letter words over them.

Just because we’ve previously covered the incredibly prestigious <a href="http://withleather.uproxx.com/2011/05/the-2011-world-beard-championships#page/1">World Beard and Mustache Championships</a>, we’re not opposed to covering facial hair contests on the regional circuit, especially when it’s for the betterment of the U.

As a grown man who can only grow random small patches of hair on his face, I’ve admired Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel and his beard for quite some time.