Brendan Gates

…is Durkee’s, aka Durkee Famous Sauce. There is nothing better to put on a Turkey sandwich. Toasted bread, of course.

Well, it’s the secret to leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, anyway.

Ladyfriend and I are in Tokyo right now. I don’t know if I’ll have time to blog from here, but I will be uploading my pictures each night. I have a Japan set on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brendangates/sets/72157622704179013/

There isn’t much so far, but we did only get in just last night…

I’ve been working from home for two weeks now. Since I am no longer bound by the same dress code and personal appearance policy that I was in the office, I made the easy choice to go with jeans and a t-shirt while working. I also made the choice to stop shaving, and see what madness I could cultivate on my face. Apparently I’m about 14 years old, since what I was able to muster in just over two weeks wasn’t much.

I shaved it all off last night, but I took some pictures before I did, of course:
“Facial Hair” Set on Flickr

A word of advice to any other hard-growers out there who are thinking about taking the plunge; don’t set foot in a mall until you’re rockin’ the finished product. If you are still in “grow” phase then you’ll find that there are no shortage of high school kids with more mature facial hair than you, and another group of HS kids whose wimpy facial hair looks exactly like yours. It doesn’t help you feel like you’ve really made any progress. Besides, Amazon.com is cheaper and easier than malls are anyway…